000			01413 a2200181 4500
999			_c26786 _d26786
020			_a9781107560833
082			_a342.730418 _bLOE-E
100			_aLoevy, Karin
245			_aEmergencies in Public Law _b: The Legal Politics of Containment
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2017
300			_a337, pp.
520			_aDebates about emergency powers traditionally focus on whether law can or should constrain officials in emergencies. Emergencies in Public Law moves beyond this narrow lens, focusing instead on how law structures the response to emergencies and what kind of legal and political dynamics this relation gives rise to. Drawing on empirical studies from a variety of emergencies, institutional actors, and jurisdictional scales (terrorist threats, natural disasters, economic crises, and more), this book provides a framework for understanding emergencies as long-term processes rather than ad hoc events, and as opportunities for legal and institutional productivity rather than occasions for the suspension of law and the centralization of response powers. The analysis offered here will be of interest to academics and students of legal, political, and constitutional theory, as well as to public lawyers and social scientists.
650			_aEmergencies--Law and legislation
650			_aEmergency management
650			_aPublic law
650			_aExecutive power
942			_2ddc _cBK