Beyond War Talk: Laying Bare the Structural Violence of the Pandemic

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Eliana Cusato is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Essex. She holds a Ph.D. in international law from the National University of Singapore. She wishes to thank Marija Jovanovich and Antonio Coco for their helpful comments.

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Beyond War Talk: Laying Bare the Structural Violence of the Pandemic

May 3, 2020

Eliana Cusato

There has been much discussion about the importance of frames on our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the existing legal, political and economic order. A number of interventions have already called attention to the possibilities and perils that come with mobilising different legal frameworks and institutions to respond to the pandemic, notably human…