POLITICAL SCIENCE 406 - Emergency!

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

This seminar deals with a major challenge faced by liberal democracies and republics: what to do in the case of an emergency Should constitutions explicitly provide for states of emergency where the latter will be used to suspend the laws and rights that govern under normal conditions This course will examine how constitutional theory, public law scholarship, and the U.S. constitutional tradition have treated the question of "states of exception" or "emergencies." The course will examine not only political or military emergencies, but other emergencies--such as economic emergencies and the response to Hurricane Katrina--as well. Finally, the course will also examine U.S. law and politics post-September 11, both in light of twentieth century institutional development and in light of the public law concept of "emergency." Is it possible to resort to states of emergency to meet temporary exigencies without producing a gradual slide towards permanently tyrannical government Is the concept of "emergency" descriptively useful or does "emergency" denote an alternative state or legal formation struggling to emerge against a previously established state or legal formation (Pa

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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