Democracy, emergency, and arbitrary coercion : a liberal Republican view Sagos, Nick C 2014 Studies in moral philosophy, 2211-2014 ( Serie ) Leiden : Brill 9789004282575 Abstract

Liberal democracies deal poorly with states of emergency because they underestimate the corrosive effect of arbitrary coercion on established liberal democratic values. Far from protecting the rights of citizens, arbitrary emergency measures undermine citizens’ rights.

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