Back Estáu d'esceición AST Estat d'excepció Catalan باری ئاوارتە CKB Ausnahmezustand German Estado de excepción Spanish Salbuespen-egoera Basque وضعیت استثنائی Persian État d'exception French Stato d'eccezione Italian 例外状態 Japanese
A state of exception (German: Ausnahmezustand) is a concept introduced in the 1920s by the German philosopher, jurist and Nazi Party member Carl Schmitt, similar to a state of emergency (martial law) but based in the sovereign's ability to transcend the rule of law in the name of the public order and the survival of a state. Its difference to a state of emergency lies in the two concepts' diverging relationship to the law; while a state of emergency is considered to be mostly declaratory, a state of exception is considered to be more politically significant, as it nullifies the legal validity of certain legal orders by the sovereign decision.