| Description |
416 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Papers presented at the Centennial Convocation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, April 30-May 1, 1970. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Citizen's moral relation to the law in a society of consent: Law, order, and enlightenment / by Peter Gay -- Rightful limits of freedom in a liberal democratic society: of civil disobedience / by Eugene V. Rostow -- In defense of anarchism / by Robert Paul Wolff -- Freedom, consent, and the costs of interaction / by Charles Dyke -- Taking rights seriously / by Ronald Dworkin -- Civil disobedience / by Hannah Arendt -- pt. 2. Capacity of the American social order to meet the changing demands for social justice through the methods of law: Changing patterns of social cohesion and the crisis of law under a system of governance by consent / by David M. Potter -- Roots of social neglect in the United States / by Robert L. Heilbroner -- Historical roots of American social change and social theory / by Harold Cruse -- Revolution / by Michael Harrington -- Public safety as a public good / by William H. Riker. |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States.
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Civil rights. |
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United States. |
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Government, Resistance to -- United States.
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Government, Resistance to. |
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Droits de l'homme -- États-Unis. |
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Résistance au gouvernement. |
| Added Author |
Rostow, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1913-2002.
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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| ISBN |
0671208667 |
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9780671208660 |
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