Research article
State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition
Stan wyjątkowy w perspektywie filozofii prawa. Próba definicji
Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 4(25)/2020, s. 5-16
English
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to propose a definition of the state of exception within the framework of the philosophy of law. The nature of the state of exception is both a legal and a political one. For this reason, it is a subject of inquiry in various disciplines. As a consequence of its hybrid character, state of exception is hard to define, which leads to definitional scepticism. As a criterial definition is impossible to reach, I believe that it should be replaced with a paradigmatic one. Such a definition should take into account the acquis of, among others, philosophy, history or political science, so that it may apply to different methodological approaches. In order to do so, I present the main definitional groups (state of exception as a normative fact, as a constitutional dictatorship, as a political fact, and as a legal void). Next, using the criteria that are common to all those definitions, I propose and analyse three constitutive elements of the state of emergency: a crisis, a suspension of ordinary laws, and a temporary character of this suspension. The definition I propose can help to assess whether a given state is a form of a state of exception. This is of a particular relevance as emergency laws are nowadays widely discussed in the context of terrorist threats.
Keywords
- state of exception
- emergency laws
- constitutional dictatorship
- political crisis
- philosophy of law
- political theory
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Issue nr 4(25)/2020
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W. Adamska, State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 4(25)/2020, s. 5–16, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5
ACM
[1] Weronika Adamska. 2020. State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition. AFPiFS 4(25) (2020), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5
ACS
(1) Adamska, W. State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition. AFPiFS 2020, No. 4(25), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
APA
Adamska, W. (2020). State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 4(25), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5
ABNT
ADAMSKA, Weronika. State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, n. 4(25), p. 5–16, 2020.
Chicago
Adamska, Weronika. “State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(25) (2020): 5–16. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
Harvard
Adamska, W. (2020) “State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition,” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 4(25), pp. 5–16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
IEEE
[1] W. Adamska, “State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition,” AFPiFS, no. 4(25), pp. 5–16, 2020, doi: 10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
MLA
Adamska, Weronika. “State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(25), 2020, pp. 5–16, https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
Turabian
Adamska, Weronika. “State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 4(25) (2020): 5–16. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5.
Vancouver
1. Adamska W. State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition. AFPiFS. 2020;4(25):5–16. doi:10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5
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Weronika Adamska, ‘State of Exception in the Philosophy of Law. An Attempt at a Definition’ (2020) 4(25) AFPiFS 5 <https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2020.4.5>.