Symposium 'Cogs in the Machine: Actors and the Transformative Power of Emergency Laws'
- For whom
- Employees , Students
- When
- 26-11-2026 09:00 to 27-11-2026 16:00
- Where
- Ghent University - Campus Aula, Universiteitsstraat 4, 9000 Ghent
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law & Institute for Legal History - Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Contact
- elias.dessantis@ugent.be
- Website
- https://rethinkingemergency.com/events/
Conference on emergency laws in Europe, examining their application, perception, and lasting impact on society and governance.
The Conference will focus on emergency laws, and the way different actors interact with the emergency legislations, more specifically in Europe.
At every stage of the crisis politicians and civil servants, lawyers and judges, and security forces personal and emergency responders are required to enumerate, interpret and apply emergency laws, regulations and directives.
The aim is then to broaden the research's spectrum to include the perception of the regime by said actors, and the role that their actions play in upholding or challenging these regimes. The discussions will also focus on the transformative power of these regimes and examine the more prolonged impacts of emergencies on different communities within society and the different ways in which these emergency regimes reconfigure the fabric of society.
The format will be a combination of presentations by scholars from various countries, and of panels where they will engage with the themes. This event is part of the ERC, EMERGE.