Conscience and Conviction
Subtitle: The Case for Civil Disobedience
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780199592944
Subjects: Civil disobedience
Description: When is it justified to disobey the law? How should the law respond to instances of conscientious disobedience? This book presents the first full-length philosophical examination of the morality and legality of civil disobedience, and the legitimate responses to civil dissent open to the state.