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How To Deal With Unjust Laws: Justifiability Of Civil Disobedience

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  • Alakbarova Fatma

    (PhD Student, Doctoral College of Political and Administrative Sciences, University of Wrocław)

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The issue of active protests against the injustice of the law aimed at bringing about a change in that conduct is of great relevance for members of the world society. There is no escape from admitting the fact that even the most perfect political system may and will from time to time produce unjust laws. What is as yet unclear is the principles of justification in favour of a civil disobedient who commits an open breach of that laws. The present article defines the features that make an act of civil disobedience something more than a simple breach of a law. The purpose of this article is to justify civil disobedience as a unique political category, which makes social choice and legal change possible.

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  • Alakbarova Fatma, 2019. "How To Deal With Unjust Laws: Justifiability Of Civil Disobedience," Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration & Economics, Sciendo, vol. 9(1), pages 75-85, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:wrolae:v:9:y:2019:i:1:p:75-85:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/wrlae-2019-0005
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    1. Spitz, David, 1954. "Democracy and the Problem of Civil Disobedience," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 48(2), pages 386-403, June.
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