Risk and the Rule of law

Authors

  • Janet McLean

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v16i3.6548

Keywords:

risk, proportionality, government power, rule of law, legitimacy

Abstract

In this article the author argues for the importance of law even in the face of a global pandemic, suggests some ways that law helps to reveal and articulate the moral issues at stake, and sketches the legal controversies surrounding the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Published

2020-08-10

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2020): Focus on Covid-19

Section

Articles

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