Using non-technical, accessible language, this book analyses the laws, regulations, customs, and norms that affect public protest. It explains how the law of public protest imposes a system of 'managed dissent,' which has led to overly broad and punitive limits on public expression and collective protest.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Protest, dissent, and democracy; 2. The managerial system; 3. Displacing dissent; 4. The rising costs of dissent; 5. Managing campus protest; 6. Arming public protests; 7. Protest and emergency powers; 8. Protesters' remedies; 9. Preserving public protest.