COVID-19 and States of Emergency: Professor Tom Ginsburg on Legal Responses to COVID-19 Around The World
Online-Only Law School Event
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
The fight against COVID-19 has led many countries, including liberal democracies, to take extraordinary measures that would undoubtedly be constitutionally problematic in normal times.
While it is too soon to explore the long-term consequences of COVID-19 for constitutional democracy, it is helpful to understand the legal bases for the extraordinary powers that governments are currently exercising. In this talk, Professor Ginsburg will discuss three broad legal bases for the COVID-19 measures: (1) the declaration of a state of emergency under the constitution, (2) the use of existing legislation dealing with public health or national disasters, and (3) the passing of new emergency legislation. He'll then evaluate their respective risks to civil liberties and the rule of law.
This event is co-sponsored by the Law School International Programs, International Human Rights Clinic, International Law Society, and Human Rights Law Society.
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