Emergency laws

imposition of direct military control of a government

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legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers

court action challenging unlawful detention

emergency magistrate of the Roman Republic, whose action are not subject to a veto

Italian philosopher (b. 1942)

An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin inter-, "between" and rēgnum, "reign" [from rex, rēgis, "king"]), and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap. Historically, longer and heavier interregna have been typically accompanied by widespread unrest, civil and succession wars between warlords, and power vacuums filled by foreign invasions or the emergence of a new power.

Martial Law introduced by the government of the People's Republic of Poland, to suppress democratic mouvents and Solidarnosc activity

"ultimate decree" of the ancient Roman senate

peasant revolt

according to Carl Schmitt’s theory, a state in which the sovereign may ignore the law in the name of the public good

Derogation is a legal term of art, which allows for part or all of a provision in a legal measure to be applied differently, or not at all, in certain cases. The term is also used in Catholic canon law, and in this context differs from dispensation in that it applies to the law, whereas dispensation applies to specific people affected by the law.

status in Roman law

person who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the laws of war

state-sponsored abduction

period of civil unrest in Argentina

Justitium (derived from the Latin term Juris statio) is a concept of Roman law, equivalent to the declaration of the state of emergency. Some scholars also refer to it as a state of exception, stemming from a state of necessity. It involved the suspension of civil business, typically including the courts, the treasury and the Senate and was ordered by the Roman higher magistrates. It was usually declared following a sovereign's death, during the troubled period of interregnum, but also in case of invasions. However, in this last case, it was not as much the physical danger of invasion that jus

Hong Kong legislation

style of governance

Situation in which a Spanish Government is empowered to perform special actions

founding legislation of the Brazilian military dictatorship

any native, citizen, denizen or subject of any foreign nation or government with which a domestic nation or government is in conflict

form of government in which dictatorial powers are exercised during an emergency

Canadian law allowing for special temporary powers during national emergencies

1914 Canadian federal law concerning the Governor-General's role in immigration and war

article containing provisions on derogation in the European Convention on Human Rights