TY  - BOOK
AU  - Head,Michael
TI  - Emergency powers in theory and practice: the long shadow of Carl Schmitt 
SN  - 9781409446101 (hardback)
AV  - K3344 .H43 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Schmitt, Carl,
KW  - War and emergency powers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages : [253]-267) and index
; Introduction : emergency powers and the shadow of Carl Schmitt -- Emergency powers on the rise : case studies -- Critical lessons of history -- Martial law, emergency doctrines, official lawlessness and judicial complicity -- Legality and semi-legality: "models of accommodation" and "business as usual" -- Models of extra-legality and illegality : Carl Schmitt's lengthening shadow -- Capitalism and dictatorial powers : a Marxist critique -- Britain: "civil contingencies" and prerogative powers -- The United States : presidential powers and declarations of emergency -- Australia : vague emergency plans -- International human rights law : no protection -- Conclusions
ER  -