Rebels without a Cause? Civil disobedience, Conscientious Objection and the Art of Argumentation in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights

oleh: Kati Nieminen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: OƱati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-12-01

Deskripsi

<p>Civil disobedience is often seen as a political statement whilst conscientious objection is understood as a private matter. This article discusses real-life acts of disobedience in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The emphasis is on the argumentative strategies by which the potential for profound social change can be neutralised in legal argumentation. The cases discussed here concentrate on Turkey and represent acts of conscientious objection and civil disobedience. The main finding is that in legal argumentation there are two strategies for neutralising the potential for change: first, labelling the disobedient act as a private matter in order to deprive it of its political message, or second, labelling the act as violent, undemocratic behaviour so that it can be disregarded. The article shows that the law is unable, and perhaps unwilling, to fully acknowledge the political claims of disobedience.</p> <hr /><p>A menudo se percibe la desobediencia civil como una declaraci&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica, mientras que la objeci&oacute;n de conciencia se entiende como un asunto privado. Este art&iacute;culo analiza actos de desobediencia de la vida real a trav&eacute;s de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos. Se enfatizan las estrategias argumentativas por las que se puede neutralizar el potencial de cambio social profundo a trav&eacute;s de la argumentaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica. Los casos analizados aqu&iacute; se centran en Turqu&iacute;a y representan actos de objeci&oacute;n de conciencia y desobediencia civil. La conclusi&oacute;n principal es que en la argumentaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica existen dos estrategias para neutralizar el potencial de cambio: en primer lugar, etiquetar el acto de desobediencia como un asunto privado, para privarlo de su mensaje pol&iacute;tico, en segundo lugar, etiquetar el acto como un comportamiento violento y no democr&aacute;tico, para que pueda ser ignorado. El art&iacute;culo demuestra que el derecho es incapaz de, y tal vez reticente a, reconocer totalmente las reivindicaciones pol&iacute;ticas de la desobediencia</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2691949" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2691949</a></p>