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Political technology and the erosion of the rule of law : normalizing the state of exception / Günter Frankenberg, Professor of Public Law, Legal Philosophy and Comparative Law, Goethe University, Germany

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Frankenberg, Günter
Published
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2014]
Physical Description
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents
A critique of political technology -- Visions of political technology -- Constellations of law-rule and the state of exception -- The state of exception as mindset and doctrine -- Political extremism and the militancy of law-rule -- Normalizing the state of exception : counter-terrorism and 'whatever it takes' -- Normalizing torture as a technique of governing : what 'the exigencies of war' demand?
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9781783472505 (hbk.)
1783472502 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-293) and index.
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