Nomi Claire Lazar
Biographic Data
| ID | 256984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nomi Claire Lazar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nomi Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Lazar |
| SIGNATURE | LAZAR N C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5908-8949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Last Last Man? a speculation on speculative politics
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation
The failures of democracies and democratic institutions in meeting climate challenges have led some scholars and activists to question whether democracy is functional at all in this new world. While some scholars and activists claim that democracy's failures in addressing climate change justify authoritarian governance, these arguments rely on empirical, conceptual, and normative confusions. The authors argue that democracies actually perform bet…
A Reply to Our Critics
This essay identifies four broad themes in the responses--by Ross Mittiga, Elisabeth Ellis, Thea Riofrancos, and Emilie Hafner-Burton and colleagues--to "Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation." First, this essay reiterates the utter seriousness with which the authors take the climate threat and the need for energy transition. Second, it strongly resists the charge that eco-authoritarianism is a strawman. Third, it addresses the critique that the…
Constitutional Alchemy
In ‘The End of Law’, Bill Scheuerman illustrates the ways normativity, context and decision interlace, putting the lie to Carl Schmitt’s claim that decision is pure will. In doing so, Scheuerman gestures toward a truth about the alchemical nature of constitutions. Like decisions, I argue, constitutions are alchemical mechanisms for actualizing norms and normativizing facts. They accomplish this in part through mediating between dynamic (individua…
Out of Joint: Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time
A discussion of Alexander S. Kirschner's A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting Political Extremism
The legitimacy claims of liberal democratic states are typically couched in the language of individual rights and the rule of law. But contemporary liberal democratic states increasingly appeal to a logic of security, law and order, and the need to combat “political extremism.” This logic plays out in Ukraine, Egypt, and Turkey, and in Greece and Germany, but also in the U.S., France, and the UK. It is an increasingly important feature of politic…
Why Rome Didn’t Bark in the Night: Some Thoughts on Crisis Government and Constitutional Flexibility
Republican thinkers normally have considered prerogative powers natural and necessary to a state’s survival. Yet Americans are suspicious of these powers, despite their frequent use. This paper draws a consequential distinction between the legitimacy of prerogative as such and the dangers of its use. Employing the Roman dictatorship to illustrate the stakes, I demonstrate that, while the Romans were cautious with the Dictatorship, they embraced i…
States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies
In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens' rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal democracies, but their nature and justification is poorly understood. Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book shows how we can avoid the dangers and confusions inherent in the norm/exception approach that dominates both historical and contemporary debate. Th…
States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies
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Making Emergencies Safe for Democracy: The Roman Dictatorship and the Rule of Law in the Study of Crisis Government
Must Exceptionalism Prove the Rule? An Angle on Emergency Government in the History of Political Thought
Discussions of the problem of emergency powers often assume that norms and exceptions constitute its conceptual structure. This perspective is both self-undermining and dangerous. Because even the critics of emergency powers often rely on this dichotomy, clarifying the conceptual terrain might contribute to the development of a safer approach to emergencies. Hence, this article explores the origins and logic of modern exceptionalism by examining …
Must Exceptionalism Prove the Rule? An Angle on Emergency Government in the History of Political Thought
Discussions of the problem of emergency powers often assume that norms and exceptions constitute its conceptual structure. This perspective is both self-undermining and dangerous. Because even the critics of emergency powers often rely on this dichotomy, clarifying the conceptual terrain might contribute to the development of a safer approach to emergencies. Hence, this article explores the origins and logic of modern exceptionalism by examining …
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation
The failures of democracies and democratic institutions in meeting climate challenges have led some scholars and activists to question whether democracy is functional at all in this new world. While some scholars and activists claim that democracy's failures in addressing climate change justify authoritarian governance, these arguments rely on empirical, conceptual, and normative confusions. The authors argue that democracies actually perform bet…
Making Emergencies Safe for Democracy: The Roman Dictatorship and the Rule of Law in the Study of Crisis Government
Why Rome Didn’t Bark in the Night: Some Thoughts on Crisis Government and Constitutional Flexibility
Republican thinkers normally have considered prerogative powers natural and necessary to a state’s survival. Yet Americans are suspicious of these powers, despite their frequent use. This paper draws a consequential distinction between the legitimacy of prerogative as such and the dangers of its use. Employing the Roman dictatorship to illustrate the stakes, I demonstrate that, while the Romans were cautious with the Dictatorship, they embraced i…
Making Emergencies Safe for Democracy: The Roman Dictatorship and the Rule of Law in the Study of Crisis Government
Must Exceptionalism Prove the Rule? An Angle on Emergency Government in the History of Political Thought
Discussions of the problem of emergency powers often assume that norms and exceptions constitute its conceptual structure. This perspective is both self-undermining and dangerous. Because even the critics of emergency powers often rely on this dichotomy, clarifying the conceptual terrain might contribute to the development of a safer approach to emergencies. Hence, this article explores the origins and logic of modern exceptionalism by examining …
States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies
In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens' rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal democracies, but their nature and justification is poorly understood. Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book shows how we can avoid the dangers and confusions inherent in the norm/exception approach that dominates both historical and contemporary debate. Th…
States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Why Rome Didn’t Bark in the Night: Some Thoughts on Crisis Government and Constitutional Flexibility
Republican thinkers normally have considered prerogative powers natural and necessary to a state’s survival. Yet Americans are suspicious of these powers, despite their frequent use. This paper draws a consequential distinction between the legitimacy of prerogative as such and the dangers of its use. Employing the Roman dictatorship to illustrate the stakes, I demonstrate that, while the Romans were cautious with the Dictatorship, they embraced i…
A discussion of Alexander S. Kirschner's A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting Political Extremism
The legitimacy claims of liberal democratic states are typically couched in the language of individual rights and the rule of law. But contemporary liberal democratic states increasingly appeal to a logic of security, law and order, and the need to combat “political extremism.” This logic plays out in Ukraine, Egypt, and Turkey, and in Greece and Germany, but also in the U.S., France, and the UK. It is an increasingly important feature of politic…
Out of Joint: Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time
Constitutional Alchemy
In ‘The End of Law’, Bill Scheuerman illustrates the ways normativity, context and decision interlace, putting the lie to Carl Schmitt’s claim that decision is pure will. In doing so, Scheuerman gestures toward a truth about the alchemical nature of constitutions. Like decisions, I argue, constitutions are alchemical mechanisms for actualizing norms and normativizing facts. They accomplish this in part through mediating between dynamic (individua…
A Reply to Our Critics
This essay identifies four broad themes in the responses--by Ross Mittiga, Elisabeth Ellis, Thea Riofrancos, and Emilie Hafner-Burton and colleagues--to "Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation." First, this essay reiterates the utter seriousness with which the authors take the climate threat and the need for energy transition. Second, it strongly resists the charge that eco-authoritarianism is a strawman. Third, it addresses the critique that the…
The Last Last Man? a speculation on speculative politics
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation
The failures of democracies and democratic institutions in meeting climate challenges have led some scholars and activists to question whether democracy is functional at all in this new world. While some scholars and activists claim that democracy's failures in addressing climate change justify authoritarian governance, these arguments rely on empirical, conceptual, and normative confusions. The authors argue that democracies actually perform bet…
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