Revolt against authority / by Laura Westra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westra, Laura, author.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 65.

Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 1573-4234 ; Volume 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements.

Social movements.

Human rights.

Authority.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Protesters and mass demonstrations by citizens of many democratic countries are increasingly daily occurrences reported in today's news media. These protests are often considered to be illegal or are charged with disrupting the peace, and even when they are non-violent assemblies they are attacked by police and riot squads called in to disperse the protesters. Through a careful review of opposition to injustice, this book demonstrates that most often these protests and demonstrations are in support of and defend moral and legal principles that their democratic governments have forgotten to uphold or have chosen to ignore. Much like the earlier Civil Rights Movement in the US, that was centered on issues of social justice and human dignity, Westra concludes that today's protesters and social movements rally to defend human rights and moral principles against the undue influence of corporate actors, and raise their voice in opposition to the resulting actions by and under the authority of their governments.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Introduction to the Authority of Law and Social Protest

The Occupy Wall Street Movement: Attack in a “Lawless” World?

Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Movements: Substance and Roles

International Citizenship under Siege

The Limits of the Power of ingos, Social Movements, and Associations, and the Authority of Law

Victims of “Non-Intimate Violence” and the Law

Victims of Human Rights Law and of Legal Persons: Where Justice and Equal Rights Do not Apply

Victims of Legal Bombardments, Drone Attacks and Other Forms of Collateralism

Responsibility to Protect or Obligation to Prevent: Whose Responsibility?

Current Changes and Concluding Thoughts

Appendix I Cases

Appendix II Documents

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27383-2

OCLC:

880531489

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004273832 DOI