Civil disobedience : the Israeli experience / Chemi Ben-Noon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Noon, Chemi, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil disobedience--Israel.

Civil disobedience.

Israel.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 266 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, Minnesota : Paragon House, 2015.

Summary:

"Describes civil disobedience of individuals and organizations that break the law for the purpose of nonviolently promoting a change in legislation or public policy. It characterizes the responsible citizen as morally obligated to civil disobedience to preserve and improve the legal system, and clarifies the boundaries of democracy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Rebellion, Protest, and All 1

The Rescuing Factor 4

Rebellion, Revolution, and Coup 6

Political Protest 8

Nonviolent Resistance 11

In-State Guerilla and Terror 13

Indifference, Apathy, and Reluctance to take Political Stands 16

Conscientious Objection 18

Civil Disobedience 20

Civil Responsibility 24

Democracy 28

Restraint and Forbearance-Signs of Solid Democracies 29

Part II Looking Back: A Brief History of Protest 33

David Henry Thoreau 33

Martin Luther King, Jr 35

Mahatma Gandhi 37

The Campaign against the Vietnam War 38

The Nuremberg Trials Precedent 41

Civil Disobedience and Refusal Incidents in Israel 42

The Historic Lesson 45

Part III Looking Sidewards-A Different Perspective 49

Socrates 49

Thomas Hobbes 52

The Disputed Issue 54

Legal Arguments 55

Critical Review of the Legal Arguments 56

The Consequential Argument 59

Criticism of the Consequential Argument 60

The Consensual Argument 62

Criticism of the Consensual Argument 63

The Moral Argument 65

Criticism of the Moral Argument 66

The Democratic Argument 68

Criticism of the Democratic Argument 69

Additional Arguments, Criticized 74

Summary 76

Part IV Is there a Right to Civil Disobedience? 77

Raz's View 77

Intermezzo-is Civil Disobedience Moral or Political? 82

Why Distinguish Between Moral and Political Sources? 82

Practical Applications 85

The Purpose of the Distinction: An Interim Summary 88

Part V Looking forward: A Faulty Definition of Civil Disobedience 91

Kittrie on Political Offences 94

Definition of Civil Disobedience 97

Raz Criticism of Rawls' Definition 99

Raz's Definition 100

Civil Disobedience-Associated Elements 101

Purpose of Distinction: Changing Public and Legal Views 102

Have Definition, Show Restraint 109

Part VI Obstructing the Realization of Civil Responsibility 115

The Individual Level 116

The Public-State Level 121

Part VII The Israeli Perspective-Disobedience in Israel 131

Introduction-an overview 131

Military Disobedience 133

Political Civil Disobedience 174

Civil Disobedience in Israel's Halls of Justice 207

1 Court Precedents 213

2 Legal Reasons 215

3 Arguments on Decency and Harming the Army 215

4 Arguments Citing Defense Establishment Privileges 216

5 Vindictiveness or Illegal Punishment 216

6 Arguments on Democracy 217

7 Comparative-Law Arguments 218

8 Practical Reasons 219

Critical Review of the Law and Adjudication-A Summary 244.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781557789167

1557789169

OCLC:

900158309