nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201030-235847-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201030s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201030-235847-0 doi eng 342 23 Stucki, Saskia Author aut In Defence of Green Civil Disobedience Judicial Courage in the Face of Climate Crisis and State Inaction Stucki, Saskia Verfassungsblog 2020-10-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Throughout history, failure of the state to address and redress pressing social problems has given rise to political acts of civil disobedience. While activists typically claim that their illegal actions are justified either legally or morally in that they are necessary to protect a higher good, such necessity defences have so far been ‘notoriously unsuccessful’ before courts. Recent judicial developments suggest that this may be about to change, and that unlawful protest can be a legitimate response to a persistent pattern of state inaction. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 animal rights climate change Criminal Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/in-defence-of-green-civil-disobedience/ raw object