Civil disobedience : protest, justification and the law /

"Civil disobedience is a form of protest with a special standing with regards to the law that sets it apart from political violence. Such principled law-breaking has been witnessed in recent years over climate change, economic strife, and the treatment of animals. Civil disobedience is examined...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Milligan, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Temas:
Civil disobedience > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Désobéissance civile > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Civil disobedience
Civil rights
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Occupy Movement
  • A problematic concept
  • The argument from below
  • Reactionary disobedience over abortion
  • Disobedience in defense of cruelty
  • Thoreau, conscience, and the state
  • Tolstoy's politicization of love
  • Gandhi and satyagraha
  • King, pragmatism, and principle
  • Defending the environment
  • Open rescue and animal liberation
  • Covert animal rescue
  • The higher law
  • The question of violence.

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