Political Liberalism and Civil Disobedience: The Morgentaler Affair Revisited

Richard Mailey

doi:10.5771/2193-7869-2015-3-271

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- 171–171 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 171–171
- 172–172 AutorInnen 172–172
- 173–182 Editorial Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt 173–182
- 183–205 Legitimacy, The Social Turn and Constitutional Review: What Political Liberalism Suggests Frank I. Michelman Frank I. Michelman 183–205
- 206–211 Legitimation by Constitution and Socioeconomic Rights from a German Perspective Dieter Grimm Dieter Grimm 206–211
- 212–219 Political Liberalism or Political Right? A Commentary on Michelman’s Legitimacy, The Social Turn and Constitutional Review Martin Loughlin Martin Loughlin 212–219
- 220–223 Questions About Michelman’s Second Proceduralization Mark Tushnet Mark Tushnet 220–223
- 224–228 Legitimacy: The Social Turn and Constitutional Review: What political liberalism suggests: A Reply to Frank I. Michelman Dennis Davis Dennis Davis 224–228
- 229–244 The Dead End of the “Social Turn”: Social Cooperation as the Foundation of Legitimacy Thorsten Fuchshuber Thorsten Fuchshuber 229–244
- 245–270 Towards a Social-Liberal Vaccine for Neoliberalism: Michelman’s Antipoverty Project and the Principle of Legal Immunization Brian W. Nail Brian W. Nail 245–270
- 271–283 Political Liberalism and Civil Disobedience: The Morgentaler Affair Revisited Richard Mailey Richard Mailey 271–283
- 284–302 Constitutionalization of Socio-Economic Rights at the EU Level: Some Critical Notes Orsola Razzolini Orsola Razzolini 284–302
- 303–338 Delegitimation by Constitution? – Liberal Democratic Experimentalism and the Question of Socio-economic Rights Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt 303–338
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KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft , page 271 - 283

Political Liberalism and Civil Disobedience: The Morgentaler Affair Revisited

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Richard Mailey

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2193-7869-2015-3-271
- ISSN: 2193-7869
- ISSN online: 2193-7869
Abstract

As may be guessed from the title of this paper, its focus is on the problem of civil disobedience from the perspective of political liberal theory. This may seem to mark a focal shift within the present volume: from the institutions (and procedures) with which many of the papers in this volume are concerned, to the individuals living under those institutions. What links these two perspectives (and what hopefully justifies the place of this paper in the present volume) is a shared concern for the problem of how liberalism ought to respond to the material and manifest suffering that persists on the fringes of even the most apparently civilized society. In particular, the paper wonders how liberals might respond to material and manifest suffering when doing so will most likely require the pragmatic suspension of our commitment to other, core ideals of liberal theory - specifically the ideals of respect for reasonable pluralism, and fidelity to law. My hope is not only that this unifying concern justifies the more marginal shift in focus undertaken in this paper, but also that the present volume can benefit - if only very slightly - from such a shift in focus.
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