Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine
Vermont Law
MARCH 16, 2018
Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. 8, 2014), [link]. Courts were—and remain—skeptical that such acts can fairly be said to avoid or reduce the harm protested.
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