Concept

State of exception

Overview

according to Carl Schmitt’s theory, a state in which the sovereign may ignore the law in the name of the public good

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Philosophers who discussed State of exception

• Carl Schmitt

Related ideas

• Freedom of the press
• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Nazi Party
• Rule of law
• Republicanism
• Jean Bodin
• Sovereignty
• Constitution of the United States
• Giorgio Agamben
• Freedom of assembly
• Weimar Republic
• Civil liberties
• Carl Schmitt
• Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Israel

Place in the tradition

Part of Timeline of Western philosophers.

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