Estado de excepción

A state of exception is a concept introduced in the 1920s by the German philosopher, jurist and later Nazi Party member Carl Schmitt, similar to a state of emergency but based in the sovereign's ability to transcend the rule of law in the name of what it sees as the public order and the survival of a state. Its difference to a state of emergency lies in the two concepts' diverging relationship to the law; while a state of emergency is considered to be mostly declaratory, a state of exception is