Commentary
As a legal academic I have often been asked when it becomes legally possible to disobey unjust laws. This appears to be an important question, especially in these days of arbitrary government and constant violations of fundamental rights.
So, when does it become legally valid to disobey unjust laws?
Perhaps I could start with Dr Martin Luther King Jr., the legendary leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. When King decided with his colleagues at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to peacefully march on Good Friday 1963 in Birmingham City, a judge issued a prohibition order on behalf of city authorities….