This Constitutional Design Primer discusses emergency provisions in constitutions including declaring, terminating and renewing states of emergency, limitations on rights, concentration of power and postponing elections; as well as mechanisms for providing oversight of emergency powers.

This presentation by the Université  d’Aix-Marseille looks at general suspension clauses of fundamental rights in constitutions. 

This chapter is an extract from the IDEA publication "Democracy, Conflict and Human Security - Further Readings". The chapter examines the dynamics of states of emergency. It analyzes the tensions inherent in emergency powers and presents four case studies: India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Keywords: Executive/President/Prime Minister, State of Emergency, Case Study/Case Studies. Example.