Wednesday, September 13, 2006
A Lawless Future
In The Will to Undemocratic Power, Philip S. Golub argues that the concentration of executive power in the UK, and especially the US--what he mockingly calls the state of exception--has, by constraining judicial autonomy and bypassing legislative prerogative, become in practice, "government by secret decree." This seizure of absolute power--now mimicked by allies across the globe--portends what Golub characterizes as, "a lawless future."
Lawless as in tyranny, not anarchy.
Lawless as in tyranny, not anarchy.
