Tensions between individual rights and group interests, as well as between interests of different groups, are critical issues in multicultural societies. In thi

The theory and practice of civil disobedience has once again taken on import, given recent events. Considering widespread dissatisfaction with normal political

In On Constitutional Disobedience, leading constitutional scholar Louis Michael Seidman explains why constitutional disobedience may well produce a better polit

Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write

Civil disobedience is a form of protest with a special standing with regards to the law that sets it apart from political violence. Such principled law-breaking