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"Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience" by Abe Fortas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Preowned Paperback)

"Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience" by Abe Fortas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Preowned Paperback)

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In an unprecedented work, a Justice of the US Supreme Court defines the limits & scope of lawful civil disobedience. Justice Abe Fortas tells how nonviolent dissent can successfully achieve revolutionary goals within the law, institutions & traditions of our democratic society.
  • Preface
  • The Paradox-The Duty to Obey & to Disobey
  • The Simplicities-The Right to Dissent & its Limitation
  • The Rights of the State & Its Duty in War as Well as Peace
  • Civil Disobedience
  • An Evaluation
  • The Rules
  • The Draft & the War in Vietnam
  • Conclusion

Published in 1968 by Signet Books.

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