Download or read book Democracy and Disobedience written by Peter Singer and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asking, Why, or in what circumstances, ought we to obey the law?, this work focuses on the common view that disobedience to the law, while justifiable in a dictatorship, is much more difficult to justify in a democracy. It then develops a theory of political obligation in an ideal democracy.