Civil Disobedience and the German Courts

Civil Disobedience and the German Courts
Author: Peter E. Quint
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2007-12-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134107412

In the 1980s the West German Peace Movement -- fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe -- engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. Civil Disobedience and the German Courts traces the historical and philosophical background of this movement and follows a group of demonstrators through their trials in the German criminal courts up to the German Constitutional Court -- in which their fate was determined in two important constitutional cases. In this context, the volume also analyzes the German Constitutional Court, as a crucial institution of government, in comparative perspective. The book is the first full-length English language treatment of these events and constitutional decisions, and it also places the decisions at an important turning-point in German constitutional history.

Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1775412466

Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war. He believed that people could not be made agents of injustice if they were governed by their own consciences.

CiviC Disobedience

CiviC Disobedience
Author: Claire Moulin-Doos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1474259162

The book offers a counter-model to the classical liberal theories of civil disobedience, as developed by authors such as John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin. Based on a strict opposition between liberalism and democracy it proposes a new perspective for the understanding of political disobedience. As an alternative to civil disobedience the author proposes the idea of civic disobedience. With reference to authors such as Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière and Stanley Fish, and in opposition to liberal concepts of democracy, the outlines of a new novel theory of democracy become visible.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Letter from Birmingham Jail
Author: Martin Luther King
Publisher: HarperOne
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780063425811

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.

Hannah Arendt and the Law

Hannah Arendt and the Law
Author: Marco Goldoni
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847319319

This book fills a major gap in the ever-increasing secondary literature on Hannah Arendt's political thought by providing a dedicated and coherent treatment of the many, various and interesting things which Arendt had to say about law. Often obscured by more pressing or more controversial aspects of her work, Arendt nonetheless had interesting insights into Greek and Roman concepts of law, human rights, constitutional design, legislation, sovereignty, international tribunals, judicial review and much more. This book retrieves these aspects of her legal philosophy for the attention of both Arendt scholars and lawyers alike. The book brings together lawyers as well as Arendt scholars drawn from a range of disciplines (philosophy, political science, international relations), who have engaged in an internal debate the dynamism of which is captured in print. Following the editors' introduction, the book is split into four Parts: Part I explores the concept of law in Arendt's thought; Part II explores legal aspects of Arendt's constitutional thought: first locating Arendt in the wider tradition of republican constitutionalism, before turning attention to the role of courts and the role of parliament in her constitutional design. In Part III Arendt's thought on international law is explored from a variety of perspectives, covering international institutions and international criminal law, as well as the theoretical foundations of international law. Part IV debates the foundations, content and meaning of Arendt's famous and influential claim that the 'right to have rights' is the one true human right.

Consumption and Violence

Consumption and Violence
Author: Alexander Sedlmaier
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2014-10-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047203605X

Reveals the relationship between the rise of political violence in West Germany to the unprecedented growth of consumption

German Unification

German Unification
Author: P. Caldwell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230337953

This wide-ranging collection brings together contributions from historians, political scientists, policymakers, and others to provide much-needed perspective on the unification of Germany as it actually played out in real historical time.

The Right to Freedom of Assembly

The Right to Freedom of Assembly
Author: Orsolya Salát
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-06-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782259856

In legal decisions and commentary, freedom of assembly is widely cherished as a precious human right and as indispensable for the preservation of democratic governance. But despite this rhetoric assemblies are subject to extensive regulation, such as prior restraints, and restrictions on the time, place and manner of assemblies. This comparative study examines five influential jurisdictions and reveals similarities and inconsistencies between them. It finds that freedom of assembly is often subjugated to freedom of expression in a way that disregards the expressive potential of assemblies. The shortcomings include the misconstrued content neutrality and public forum doctrines in the US, blanket bans and other restrictions based on intangible and distant harm in the UK, preventative restrictions and viewpoint discrimination in Germany, and the uncertain status of freedom of assembly and opaque judicial reasoning in France. Such inconsistencies also present challenges for the European Court of Human Rights in developing a coherent assembly doctrine. The book argues that it is time for jurisprudence to move away from a narrowly focused concept of expression, and recognise the creative and expressive value of freedom of assembly.

Unarmed Against Hitler

Unarmed Against Hitler
Author: Jacques Semelin
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1993-06-21
Genre: History
ISBN:

Examines the resistance to Nazi occupation in Europe and provides lessons for civilian resistance to aggression, external or internal.

Injustice On Appeal

Injustice On Appeal
Author: William M. Richman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0195342070

In Injustice on Appeal: The United States Courts of Appeals in Crisis, William M. Richman and William L. Reynolds chronicle the transformation of the United States Circuit Courts. will constitute a powerful piece of advocacy for a more responsible and egalitarian approach to caseload glut facing the circuit courts.