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2. What is Societal Self-Empowerment?

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Abstract

The chapter sheds light on societal self-empowerment from a legal perspective and structures the subject matter. It is then shown that legal justification grounds (e.g. self-defense, emergency, self-help), fundamental rights (including the right of resistance under Art. 20 para. 4 GG) or also state-philosophical considerations (e.g. Radbruch’s formula) cannot re-integrate self-empowerment into the law, but that the phenomenon falls into the category of civil disobedience. This is illustrated by the examples of the climate school strikes and the disregard for the obligation to wear a mask during the Corona pandemic. Finally, it is discussed how the legal system deals with violations of non-legal conventions.

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Title
What is Societal Self-Empowerment?
Authors
Peter Kirsch
Hanno Kube
Reimut Zohlnhöfer
Copyright Year
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40865-7_2
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