Dealing with Disaster - Analyzing the Emergency Constitutions of the U.S. States

C. Bjørnskov, S. Voigt
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The study of constitutional emergency provisions remains in its infancy. We present the first overview and analysis of how specific emergency provisions vary across the 50 US state constitutions. The emergency provisions vary considerably across states with the Texan constitution exhibiting the most limited provisions and Georgia the most expansive ones. A cluster analysis shows support for dividing the U.S. constitutions into six 'families' and reveals the Texan constitution as substantially different from the rest. We explore whether these constitutional choices may have been affected by disaster risk, prevailing ideology, state wealth and other factors for which historical data exist. We provide tentative evidence showing that emergency provisions have a significant effect on both the number of fatalities as well as on the damage suffered in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Clearly, therefore, the paper has implications for constitutional policy.
应对灾难——分析美国各州的紧急宪法
对宪法紧急条款的研究仍处于初级阶段。我们首次概述和分析了美国50个州宪法中具体紧急条款的差异。各州的紧急条款差别很大,德克萨斯州宪法的规定最为有限,而佐治亚州宪法的规定最为广泛。一项聚类分析显示,人们支持将美国宪法分为六个“家族”,并揭示出德克萨斯州的宪法与其他州的宪法有本质上的不同。我们将探讨这些宪法选择是否可能受到灾害风险、主流意识形态、国家财富和其他历史数据存在的因素的影响。我们提供的初步证据表明,应急措施对死亡人数和自然灾害后遭受的损失都有重大影响。因此,这篇论文显然对宪法政策有影响。
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