Unjust Law and How to Deal with It? Some Examples from a Film about One of the Most Influential Lawyer of All Times, Mahatma Gandhi  Cover Image

Nespravedlivé právo a co s ním? Několik příkladů z fi lmu o jednom z nejvlivnějších právníků všech dob, Mahátma Gándhím
Unjust Law and How to Deal with It? Some Examples from a Film about One of the Most Influential Lawyer of All Times, Mahatma Gandhi

Author(s): Michal Urban
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: law; justice; applicable law; natural law; the right to resistance; civil disobedience; Mahatma Gandhi; India

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the relationship between positive law and justice. Furthermore, it analyses ways in which it is possible to react to unjust law in a democratic legal state. The paper explains the concept of civil disobedience and demonstrates its effectiveness as well as the way in which it operates on number of examples from the life of Mahatma Gandhi, as it is portrayed in the fi lm Gandhi (1982).

  • Issue Year: 1/2011
  • Issue No: Coll.
  • Page Range: 68-74
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech