Democracy’s Empire

The essays in this volume take on the challenge of explaining the current formation of the relation between sovereignty, law and violence in what is termed ‘Democracy’s Empire’.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Contains a situated discussion of the institution of democracy and related<br /> juridico-political problems<br /> </li> <li>Examines the historical and philosophical legacies which inform Democracy’s Empire – such as the Roman Republic, the separation between Church and State in the enlightenment, formations of revolutionary violence, and the relation between norm and exception<br /> </li> <li>Poses the problem of violence and death at the heart of the institution of democracy including examples such as South Africa and Iraq<br /> </li> <li>Offers a mixture of historical and philosophical treatment of democracy as a juridical problem of constitutional violence</li> </ul>