Prelims

Reconceptualizing State of Exception: European Lessons from the Pandemic

ISBN: 978-1-83608-199-9, eISBN: 978-1-83608-198-2

ISSN: 1059-4337

Publication date: 4 October 2024

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(2024), "Prelims", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Reconceptualizing State of Exception: European Lessons from the Pandemic (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 90), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xi. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720240000090007

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RECONCEPTUALIZING STATE OF EXCEPTION

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Gad Barzilai Tel Aviv University, Israel
Paul Berman George Washington University, USA
Roger Cotterrell University of London, UK
Jennifer Culbert Johns Hopkins University, USA
Eve Darian-Smith University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
David Delaney Amherst College, USA
Florence Dore University of North Carolina, USA
David Engel State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Anthony Farley Albany Law School, USA
David Garland New York University, USA
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller University of Hawaii, USA
Laura Gomez University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Piyel Haldar University of London, UK
Thomas Hilbink Open Society Institute, USA
Desmond Manderson Australian National University, Australia
Jennifer Mnookin University of Wisconsin, USA
Laura Beth Nielsen American Bar Foundation, USA
Paul Passavant Hobart and William Smith College, USA
Susan Schmeiser University of Connecticut, USA
Jonathan Simon University of California, Berkeley, USA
Marianna Valverde University of Toronto, Canada
Alison Young University of Melbourne, Australia

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STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY - VOLUME 90

RECONCEPTUALIZING STATE OF EXCEPTION: EUROPEAN LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Special Issue

EDITED BY

Austin Sarat

Amherst College, USA

GUEST EDITED BY

HANNA-MARI KIVISTÖ

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

GONÇALO MARCELO

University of Coimbra, Portugal

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JOSÉ MARÍA ROSALES

University of Málaga, Spain

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Contents

List of Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction: Reconceptualizing State of Exception: European Lessons from the Pandemic
Hanna-Mari Kivistö, Gonçalo Marcelo and José María Rosales 1
Chapter 1: A Pandemic That Never Took Place: Discursivity, State of Exception, and Hyperreality
Iraklis Ioannidis 7
Chapter 2: Sequestered Cosmopolitanism: Exception or New Paradigm?
Marin Beroš 35
Chapter 3: Checks and Balances in Times of Pandemics: The Portuguese Example
João Cruz Ribeiro 47
Chapter 4: Finland and the Covid-19 Pandemic – Risks Inherent in a Restrained State of Exception
Tatu Hyttinen and Saila Heinikoski 63
Chapter 5: Constitutionalism and Emergency Rule: Comparing Germany’s and Spain’s Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic
José María Rosales 83

List of Contributors

Marin Beroš Institute of Social Sciences ‘Ivo Pilar’ – Pula, Republic of Croatia
Saila Heinikoski Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Tatu Hyttinen University of Turku, Finland
Iraklis Ioannidis Existential Network Scotland, UK
Hanna-Mari Kivistö University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Gonçalo Marcelo University of Coimbra, Portugal
João Cruz Ribeiro University of Minho, Portugal
José María Rosales University of Málaga, Spain

Acknowledgements

In addition to acknowledging the support of COST Action 16211 RECAST to organise the Working Group’s workshops, we would like to thank Professor Austin Sarat for his support of this project and the reviewers for their insightful reports.

Gonçalo Marcelo’s research is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology through a research contract (https://doi.org/10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1370/CT0021) and the strategic project of the CECH (UIDB/00196/2020).