Gary Gerstle States of Exception Hardcover sku-587153761

States of Exception in American History examines instances since the Founding when constitutional protections were overridden, suspended or weakened for some members of the United States polity. Presented as the first comprehensive account of the politics of exceptions and emergencies in US history, its essays combine historical studies with analyses of emergency, sovereignty and dictatorship.

They cover the Civil War, Great Depression and Cold War, along with the ideas of Francis Lieber, Frederick Douglass, John Dewey, Clinton Rossiter and others who considered how democracy might survive emergencies. The book draws on political theory, the history of political thought, race and political institutions, and relates those subjects to constitutional rule in the age of terror and Trump.

This is the hardcover edition 1, listed under Constitutional Law Books for Gary Gerstle as sku-587153761.