Concerning Dissent

In an unprecedented work, a Justice of the US Supreme Court defines the limits & scope of lawful civil disobedience. Justice Abe Fortas tells how nonviolent dissent can successfully achieve revolutionary goals within the law, institutions & traditions of our democratic society.PrefaceThe Paradox-The Duty to Obey & to DisobeyThe Simplicities-The Right to Dissent & its LimitationThe Rights of the State & Its Duty in War as Well as PeaceCivil DisobedienceAn EvaluationThe RulesThe Draft & the War in VietnamConclusion