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Emergencies in sober Hobbesianism
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Sorell, Tom (2018) Emergencies in sober Hobbesianism. In: Auriel, P. and Beaud, O. and Wellman, C., (eds.) The Rule of Crisis : Terrorism, Emergency Legislation and the Rule of Law. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (64). Springer, pp. 37-60. ISBN 9783319744728
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74473-5_3
Abstract
Thomas Hobbes might seem an unlikely source for a theory of emergency powers applicable to liberal democracies in our own day. He advocated the concentration of political, judicial, economic and military authority, and was in favour of great latitude for a monarch or assembly in the choice of means to security. His theory demands absolute submission to law on the part of citizens, with no constitutional limitations on what laws can require. 1 The same theory demands preventive measures against sedition, and has a very expansive conception of seditious behavior. What is more, the concentration of power with wide discretion is supposed to be politics as usual.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Executive power, Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679, State, The | ||||||
Series Name: | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISBN: | 9783319744728 | ||||||
Book Title: | The Rule of Crisis : Terrorism, Emergency Legislation and the Rule of Law | ||||||
Editor: | Auriel, P. and Beaud, O. and Wellman, C. | ||||||
Official Date: | 2018 | ||||||
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Number: | 64 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 37-60 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-74473-5_3 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 January 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 March 2020 | ||||||
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