Adelman, Sam (2010) The unexceptional exception : sovereignty, human rights and biopolitics. Working Paper. Coventry: Department of Law, University of Warwick. Warwick School of Law Research Paper Series (Number 2009/09).

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Abstract

How do we explain how the amount of lawlessness increases in direct proportion to the increase in law, so that never before have the rightless had so many rights? In Britain, for example, more criminal legislation has been passed in the last decade than the preceding century. Between May 1997, when it came to power, and September 2008, the Labour government had created 3,605 new criminal offences, almost one a day and an average of 320 per year. Virtually no aspect of life is excluded from this biopolitical legislative onslaught.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Series Name:	Warwick School of Law Research Paper Series
Publisher:	Department of Law, University of Warwick
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	11 January 2010
Dates:	Date Event 11 January 2010 Published
Number:	Number 2009/09
Number of Pages:	14
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Open Access Version:	SSRN

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