Rethinking Emergency :
The EMERGE Project

Reseaching the modern history of emergency legislations in Europe to prepare their future.

Delivering a chronological examination and a timeline of the practice of emergency in relation to economic, social and political crises EMERGE critically re-evaluates key moments in European constitutional history from 1914 to 2020. In this way, this project offers a comprehensive analysis of emergency by forging a unique multidisciplinary approach drawing on comparative legal history, legal theory and digital humanities
martial law and curfew, eminönĂ¼, istanbul, 02.05.1960 (16219896712)

"Countless things can happen that the legislator hasn't provided for; you can't foresee everything; and being aware of that fact is a highly necessary part of foresight."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract, Book IV, Chapter 6