Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the West

This book presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers, combining post-September 11 develop

What role does, and should, legal, political, and constitutional norms play in constraining emergency powers, in Asia and beyond.

The first book to introduce the concept of emergency powers to the study of International Organizations, to investigate the emergency politics of IOs in compara

Debates about emergency powers traditionally focus on whether law can or should constrain officials in emergencies. Emergencies in Public Law moves beyond this