A Theory of Justice
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1972, pp. 605
Chapter Six, ‘Duty and Obligation’ (pp. 333-91) of this extremely influential philosophical restatement of liberal principles explores in depth the circumstances in which civil disobedience is justifiable in a liberal democracy. He summarises this argument in ‘The Justification of Civil Disobedience’ in Bedau, Civil Disobedience: Theory and Practice [2] (A. 1.a.ii. Theories of Civil Disobedience, Power and Revolution [3]) , pp. 240-55.