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 and jurist 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 good.