State of Exception, Law and Economy: A socio-legal approach to the economy of exception in an era of crisis

Departing from a critical understanding of the relationship between state, law and power, we propose a critical overview of the concept of the state of exception developed by Giorgio Agamben. We emphasise the idea that the principle of legal exceptionality is not as merely used in response to the cu...

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Main Authors: Jose Manuel Atiles-Osoria, David Whyte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2018-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1056