COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power Approach
<p>The Swedish political and legal response to the Covid-19 pandemic is best described as soft in terms of the character of the measures applied, and decentralized in terms of the division of powers and responsibilities. Swedish constitutional law does not provide for a state of emergency in a...
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| description | <p>The Swedish political and legal response to the Covid-19 pandemic is best described as soft in terms of the character of the measures applied, and decentralized in terms of the division of powers and responsibilities. Swedish constitutional law does not provide for a state of emergency in a peace time crisis, such as a pandemic. Instead, the principle of statutory anticipation is used, which means that ordinary laws (with, in some cases, special provisions which can be activated) apply also in a time of crisis, e.g. the Public Order Act (POA), which allows the government to restrict the number of participants in public meetings or organized public events. Where these powers are deemed to be insufficient, the legislative procedure should be sufficiently flexible to allow new powers to be added relatively speedily. However, the events in 2020 showed that this approach suffers from several deficiencies.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8d523ec3db24109a28f3fe0ca606abb2022-12-22T03:04:37ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power ApproachIain CameronAnna Jonsson-Cornell<p>The Swedish political and legal response to the Covid-19 pandemic is best described as soft in terms of the character of the measures applied, and decentralized in terms of the division of powers and responsibilities. Swedish constitutional law does not provide for a state of emergency in a peace time crisis, such as a pandemic. Instead, the principle of statutory anticipation is used, which means that ordinary laws (with, in some cases, special provisions which can be activated) apply also in a time of crisis, e.g. the Public Order Act (POA), which allows the government to restrict the number of participants in public meetings or organized public events. Where these powers are deemed to be insufficient, the legislative procedure should be sufficiently flexible to allow new powers to be added relatively speedily. However, the events in 2020 showed that this approach suffers from several deficiencies.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-in-sweden-a-soft-power-approach/COVID 19, Sweden |
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| title | COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power Approach |
| title_full | COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power Approach |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power Approach |
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| title_short | COVID-19 in Sweden: A Soft Power Approach |
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| topic | COVID 19, Sweden |
| url | https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-in-sweden-a-soft-power-approach/ |
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