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Oct 17, 2000 listen to disobedience audiobook by jane hamilton. The book explores two putative legal defences a demandsofconviction defence and a necessity defence and argues that each applies more readily to civil disobedience than to personal disobedience. Browse our library collection by typing in ngims or ngims plus the title youre looking for, e. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. Walden civil disobedience by henry david thoreau pdf free.
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