States of Emergency

David Runciman, Helen Thompson and Lea Ypi

David talks to Lea Ypi in Berlin and Helen Thompson in London about the various states of emergency that have been declared around the world. They discuss the theory and practice of emergency political powers: when are they justified? How can they be legitimated? When should they end?

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