Revolt against authority

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Revolt against authority

by Laura Westra

(Studies in critical social sciences, v. 65)

Brill, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-262) and index

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Democratic countries are increasingly controlled by economic interests rather than by the rule of law. Charting the protesters and social movements "illegality" opposing authority this volume argues that they should be, nevertheless, considered the defenders of law and order. It is these social forces that represent the legitimate self-defense against corporate breaches of human rights condoned by their governments.

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Foreword by Sheila Collins Introduction PART I: THE (IL)LEGALITY OF PROTEST MOVEMENTS 1 Introduction to the Authority of Law and Social Protest 2 The Occupy Wall Street Movement: Attack in a "Lawless" World? 3 Non-governmental organizations and Social Movements: Substance and Roles 4 International Citizenship Under Siege 5 The Limits of the Power of INGOs, Social Movements, and Associations, and the Authority of Law PART II: VICTIMS OF STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE 6 Victims of "Non-Intimate Violence" and the Law 7 Victims of Human Rights Law and of Legal Persons: Where Justice and Equal Rights Do Not Apply 8 Victims of Legal Bombardments, Drone Attacks and other Forms of Collateralism 9 Responsibility to Protect or Obligation to Prevent: Whose Responsibility? 10 Current Changes and Concluding Thoughts Appendix I: List of Cases Appendix II: List of Documents References Index

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