prerogative state
prerogative state · prerogative states
A governmental system that exercises unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by…A governmental system that exercises unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees.
Meaning
1 sensesA governmental system that exercises unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees.
Origin
Coined by German-Jewish lawyer Ernst Fraenkel in his book The Dual State (1941). The "dualCoined by German-Jewish lawyer Ernst Fraenkel in his book The Dual State (1941). The "dual state", originally referring to Nazi Germany, was made up of the normative state and the prerogative state.
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Forms
plural: prerogative states| Singular | prerogative state |
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