civil disobedience

ESSAY | When is it lawful to disobey the law?

by Prof Gabriël Moens | Jan 23, 2025 | GS, Opinion

This important essay is co-authored by Professors Gabriël Moens and Augusto Zimmermann. Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. Augusto Zimmermann is a...

Civil disobedience is a tradition of Western democracy

by Prof. Augusto Zimmermann | Nov 19, 2021 | GS, Opinion

Limited Government and Civil Disobedience in the Western Legal Tradition The idea that laws must protect the basic rights of the individual was first advocated by medieval scholars, then reshaped by the likes of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson, and then invoked in the...