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’.

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• Contains a situated discussion of the institution of democracy and related
  juridico-political problems
  
• 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
  
• Poses the problem of violence and death at the heart of the institution of democracy including examples such as South Africa and Iraq
  
• Offers a mixture of historical and philosophical treatment of democracy as a juridical problem of constitutional violence

Stewart Motha is Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent.