Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law – A Lockean Insight
I. Shapiro, ed., The Rule of Law - Nomos XXXVI, New York University Press, 1994, pp. 45-62
12 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2012
Date Written: 1994
Abstract
This article first offers an argument to the effect that citizens bear the dual duty of (1) disobeying laws they regard as immoral, while (2) submitting to the legal sanctions attending such disobedience. The second part aims to show that that argument was in fact endorsed by John Locke.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Valcke, Catherine, Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law – A Lockean Insight (1994). I. Shapiro, ed., The Rule of Law - Nomos XXXVI, New York University Press, 1994, pp. 45-62, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2179136
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