COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances

At the beginning of this pandemic in Iceland, the sense of urgency, uncertainty, and necessity seemed to be front and centre. New and far-reaching restrictions were seen, at least by some, as ‘a necessary evil’ in order to protect us from a new and, in a sense, invisible threat. The learning curve f...

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Main Author: Hafsteinn Dan Kristjánsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
Subjects:
COVID 19
Iceland
Law
K
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/44ee9480b29448a2843970a2ebf2eb74
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:44ee9480b29448a2843970a2ebf2eb74 2023-05-15T16:45:14+02:00 COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances Hafsteinn Dan Kristjánsson https://doaj.org/article/44ee9480b29448a2843970a2ebf2eb74 DE EN ger eng Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-in-iceland-the-need-for-constitutional-justification-and-checks-and-balances/ https://doaj.org/toc/2366-7044 2366-7044 https://doaj.org/article/44ee9480b29448a2843970a2ebf2eb74 Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044 COVID 19 Iceland Law K article ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T01:07:41Z At the beginning of this pandemic in Iceland, the sense of urgency, uncertainty, and necessity seemed to be front and centre. New and far-reaching restrictions were seen, at least by some, as ‘a necessary evil’ in order to protect us from a new and, in a sense, invisible threat. The learning curve for the government was also steep. According to our law, the government had a wide discretion to address this novel situation. Less than a year later, this is still true to a certain extent. However, whereas the necessity to act was predominant in the first stages of the pandemic, questions of constitutionality and legality are now moving to the forefront. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
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Iceland
Law
K
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Iceland
Law
K
Hafsteinn Dan Kristjánsson
COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
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Iceland
Law
K
description At the beginning of this pandemic in Iceland, the sense of urgency, uncertainty, and necessity seemed to be front and centre. New and far-reaching restrictions were seen, at least by some, as ‘a necessary evil’ in order to protect us from a new and, in a sense, invisible threat. The learning curve for the government was also steep. According to our law, the government had a wide discretion to address this novel situation. Less than a year later, this is still true to a certain extent. However, whereas the necessity to act was predominant in the first stages of the pandemic, questions of constitutionality and legality are now moving to the forefront.
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author Hafsteinn Dan Kristjánsson
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title COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
title_short COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
title_full COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
title_fullStr COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 in Iceland: The Need for Constitutional Justification and Checks and Balances
title_sort covid-19 in iceland: the need for constitutional justification and checks and balances
publisher Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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