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| | Civil Disobedience - definition of Civil Disobedience in Encyclopedia |
 | | A notable example is Philip Berrigan, a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested dozens of times in acts of civil disobedience in antiwar protests. | | | Since the 1970s, pro-life or anti-abortion groups have practiced civil disobedience against the U.S. government over the issue of legalized abortion. | | | If a civil resister has any property in his possession as a trustee, he will refuse to surrender it, even though in defending it he might lose his life. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Civil_Disobedience
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| | Peter Suber, "Civil Disobedience" |
| | A reply from the natural law tradition, used by King, is that an unjust law is not even a law, but a perversion of law (Augustine, Aquinas). | | | Finally, the Nuremberg principles require disobedience to national laws or orders which violate international law, an overriding duty even in (perhaps especially in) a democracy. | | | Unjust laws made by a democratic legislature can be changed by a democratic legislature. |
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http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/civ-dis.htm
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| | Direction: The Christian and Civil Disobedience |
| | Duane Heffelbower is an attorney who recently closed his Reedley, California, practice to become coordinator of Developmental Disabilities Services (West Coast MCC) and to study at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California. | | | The governmental system of the United States, and, generally speaking, the Canadian situation as well, functions as follows: laws are made by the Congress, implemented by the executive branch, and tested for constitutionality by the courts. | | | Marcellus renounced soldiering as being unfaithful to his true Lord. |
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http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?534
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| | Civil disobedience - SourceWatch |
| | Civil disobedience commonly involves protests or stunts conducted openly where, if laws are broken, participants are willing to accept personal responsibility for their actions. | | | This page was last modified 06:07, 11 Jun 2004. |
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Civil_disobedience
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