Lockdown: A Commentary

The Collins dictionary has elected lockdown as its word-of-the-yearn 2020. Defined as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction and access to public spaces”, decided by governments “to mitigate the spread of COVID-19”, for Collins’ lexicographers “lockdown” took the top...

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Autor principal:	Gian Giacomo Fusco
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Publicado:	Lodz University Press 2021
Materias:	lockdown covid-19 pandemic state of exception security Law K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5bacdc6a5d8a4ab0a63e1d75858ee2e92021-11-29T12:15:06ZLockdown: A Commentary0208-60692450-278210.18778/0208-6069.96.05https://doaj.org/article/5bacdc6a5d8a4ab0a63e1d75858ee2e92021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Iuridica/article/view/11296https://doaj.org/toc/0208-6069https://doaj.org/toc/2450-2782The Collins dictionary has elected lockdown as its word-of-the-yearn 2020. Defined as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction and access to public spaces”, decided by governments “to mitigate the spread of COVID-19”, for Collins’ lexicographers “lockdown” took the top spot because it is a unifying experience for billions of people across the world, who have had, collectively, to play their part in combating the spread of the virus. Faced with the unknown of a brand-new virus, governments all over the world reacted in a rather familiar way, by suspending the normal flow of social life through the implementation of measures that are usually categorised as a state of exception. This article is a commentary that aims at placing the practice of lockdown (as a governmental administrative measure) in the context of the theory of state and government. To the extent that emergencies are always revelatory, this paper will argue that the state of exception – of which the lockdown is a sub-category – in displaying state’s sovereign power is exposing the radical impotence in which it is grounded, and from which it takes its ultimate meaning and function.Gian Giacomo FuscoLodz University Pressarticlelockdowncovid-19pandemicstate of exceptionsecurityLawKLaw in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720PLActa Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica, Vol 96, Pp 59-70 (2021)
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description	The Collins dictionary has elected lockdown as its word-of-the-yearn 2020. Defined as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction and access to public spaces”, decided by governments “to mitigate the spread of COVID-19”, for Collins’ lexicographers “lockdown” took the top spot because it is a unifying experience for billions of people across the world, who have had, collectively, to play their part in combating the spread of the virus. Faced with the unknown of a brand-new virus, governments all over the world reacted in a rather familiar way, by suspending the normal flow of social life through the implementation of measures that are usually categorised as a state of exception. This article is a commentary that aims at placing the practice of lockdown (as a governmental administrative measure) in the context of the theory of state and government. To the extent that emergencies are always revelatory, this paper will argue that the state of exception – of which the lockdown is a sub-category – in displaying state’s sovereign power is exposing the radical impotence in which it is grounded, and from which it takes its ultimate meaning and function.
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Lockdown: A Commentary

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