Impunity (or not) for civil disobedience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13112447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sava Vojnović (0000-0002-4425-020X, Goodwin College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 148-178 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pravni zapisi (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2406-1387 • E-ISSN: 2217-2815 |
| Publisher | Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.5937/pravzap1-40771 |
| OpenAlex | W4385010955 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Starting from Rawls's concept of civil disobedience, the author argues that it is carried out on justified moral grounds and must be distinguished from all other tortious actions. It is a communicative act that non-violently and publicly points out problems within a system, thereby guaranteeing itself a position of loyalty to the law, not the opposite. The paper first analyzes the concept of civil disobedience, along with the question of its justification, as well as Dworkin's point of view on the interpretation of disputed legal norms by citizens who refuse to obey them. It then examines the purposes of punishment as stated in the theory of sanctions - applied to civil disobedience, along with the potential treatment of civil disobedience by judges. The author believes that in each specific case, according to the judgment of the court, such disobedient individuals could either be given reduced sanctions or be completely exempted from punishment
Civil disobedience · Impunity · Interpretation (philosophy · Law and economics · Obedience · Political science · Politics · Punishment (psychology · Sanctions · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |