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... existence of such a provision would make the use of emergency powers more common — Weimar's Article 48 was invoked 250 times during its thirteen years of existence ; and ( 2 ) the provi- sion would likely be drafted too restrictively ...
... existence of such a provision would make the use of emergency powers more common — Weimar's Article 48 was invoked 250 times during its thirteen years of existence ; and ( 2 ) the provi- sion would likely be drafted too restrictively ...
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... existence ? " The man who posed that question was Abraham Lincoln . The date was July 4 , 1861 . The occasion was a message to Congress , a remarkably candid account of certain extraordinary measures which he had been forced to adopt ...
... existence ? " The man who posed that question was Abraham Lincoln . The date was July 4 , 1861 . The occasion was a message to Congress , a remarkably candid account of certain extraordinary measures which he had been forced to adopt ...
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... existence it could possess and wield authoritarian power , and yet in the course of these same actions — whatever individual injustices and hardships may have been worked — the pattern of free government was left sufficiently unimpaired ...
... existence it could possess and wield authoritarian power , and yet in the course of these same actions — whatever individual injustices and hardships may have been worked — the pattern of free government was left sufficiently unimpaired ...
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... existence as both nation and democracy , which can justify a governmental resort to dictatorial institutions and powers . The first of these is war , particularly a war to repel invasion , when a state must convert its peacetime ...
... existence as both nation and democracy , which can justify a governmental resort to dictatorial institutions and powers . The first of these is war , particularly a war to repel invasion , when a state must convert its peacetime ...
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... existence is a serious crisis ; its purpose is to dispense with the crisis ; when the crisis goes , it goes . The distinction between Lincoln and Stalin or Churchill and Hitler should be obvious . It is important for the American ...
... existence is a serious crisis ; its purpose is to dispense with the crisis ; when the crisis goes , it goes . The distinction between Lincoln and Stalin or Churchill and Hitler should be obvious . It is important for the American ...
Contents
11 | |
III | 33 |
2305 | 61 |
THE STATE OF SIEGE IN HISTORY LAW AND THEORY | 79 |
THE FIRST WORLD | 91 |
X | 135 |
XI | 151 |
CRISIS GOVERNMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN 19191939 | 173 |
CRISIS GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES | 207 |
THE CIVIL | 223 |
FIRST WORLD | 240 |
THE NEW DEAL AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION | 255 |
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN | 265 |
XIX | 288 |
INDEX | 315 |
XIII | 184 |
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action administration American army Article 48 authority Britain British Brüning Cabinet Carl Schmitt chap citizens civil Committee complete Congress constitutional democracy constitutional dictator constitutional dictatorship constitutional government courts-martial crisis government decision declaration decrees defense delegation demand democratic dictatorial economic effect emergency government Emergency Powers Defence enabling act enacted enemy England English ernment Ex Parte Milligan executive extraordinary fact force France freedom French German governmental grant Guerre habeas corpus Harold Laski important industry initiative institution of constitutional issued judicial labor lawmaking legislative legislature liberty limited Lincoln martial law martial rule measures ment Ministry national emergency necessary necessity normal Orders-in-Council Parliament parliamentary peace political practice President presidential problem procedure proclamation prosecution provision rebellion regime regulations Reich Reichsrat Reichstag Republic republican Germany responsibility Roman Roosevelt siege statute statutory strike suspend tion United War Cabinet wartime Weimar Weimar Constitution World York