nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200414-091244-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200414s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200414-091244-0 doi eng 342 23 Karavokyris, George Author aut The Coronavirus Crisis-Law in Greece: A (Constitutional) Matter of Life and Death Karavokyris, George Verfassungsblog 2020-04-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Each time a crisis emerges, the law is entitled to seize the exceptional moment and contain it, within the limits of democracy and the rule of law. Legal normality, as a vague standard, is usually redefined by the legislator and the courts and rapidly adjusted to reality. The constitutional value of public interest comes into conflict with civil liberties and scholars begin to question the law. The saga of the (Greek) coronavirus crisis-law is, like everywhere, utterly reduced to the proportionality of the exceptional measures of the (Greek) State, but its moral and political implications seem far broader and ambiguous. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Greece Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-coronavirus-crisis-law-in-greece-a-constitutional-matter-of-life-and-death/ raw object