BIBFRAME Work

Title

Emergency state

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Wagner, Adam (author )

Subject

• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Political aspects--Great Britain (LCSH)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Government policy--Great Britain (LCSH)
• Since 2020 (FAST)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence (LCSH)
• Great Britain (FAST)
• Civil rights--Great Britain (LCSH)
• Government policy (FAST)
• COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) (FAST)
• Civil rights (FAST)
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc) (FAST)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• DDC: 941.086/2
• LCC: DA589.7 .W34 2022 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In eleven pages it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus. You may have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn't debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed. The emergency was supposed to be short but lasted for 763 days, allowing ministers to bring in, by decree over 100 new laws restricting freedoms more than any in history - laws that were almost never debated, changed at a whim and increasingly confused the public. Meanwhile, behind the doors of Downing Street, officials and even the Prime Minister broke the very laws they had created. This book tells the startling story of the state of emergency that brought about an Emergency State. A wake-up call from one of the UK's leading human rights barristers, Emergency State shows us why we must never take our rights for granted"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

States of emergency -- Very strong measures -- Take it on the chin -- You must stay at home -- The lockdown bites -- Patchwork summer -- The darkest winter -- Step by step -- Freedom Regained?

Authorized Access Point

Wagner, Adam. Emergency state

Geographic Coverage

• Great Britain

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:35.130452+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23222176

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc