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Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell May 1976

Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The authors' purpose in this important and intriguing book is to contribute to what they call "the jurisprudence of departures from rules" [p. 5]. They try to establish that non-compliance with rules of law may sometimes be justified not only on moral grounds but also on legal grounds - that is, that the legal system itself has considerable built-in tolerance of non-compliance with its own rules, and that an official or an ordinary citizen who contravenes a legal rule may well be able to make out a claim that he is acting "legally" after all. It is central to the …


Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell May 1976

Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The authors' purpose in this important and intriguing book is to contribute to what they call "the jurisprudence of departures from rules" [p. 5]. They try to establish that non-compliance with rules of law may sometimes be justified not only on moral grounds but also on legal grounds - that is, that the legal system itself has considerable built-in tolerance of non-compliance with its own rules, and that an official or an ordinary citizen who contravenes a legal rule may well be able to make out a claim that he is acting "legally" after all. It is central to the …


Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell May 1976

Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The authors' purpose in this important and intriguing book is to contribute to what they call "the jurisprudence of departures from rules" [p. 5]. They try to establish that non-compliance with rules of law may sometimes be justified not only on moral grounds but also on legal grounds - that is, that the legal system itself has considerable built-in tolerance of non-compliance with its own rules, and that an official or an ordinary citizen who contravenes a legal rule may well be able to make out a claim that he is acting "legally" after all. It is central to the …


Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell May 1976

Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The authors' purpose in this important and intriguing book is to contribute to what they call "the jurisprudence of departures from rules" [p. 5]. They try to establish that non-compliance with rules of law may sometimes be justified not only on moral grounds but also on legal grounds - that is, that the legal system itself has considerable built-in tolerance of non-compliance with its own rules, and that an official or an ordinary citizen who contravenes a legal rule may well be able to make out a claim that he is acting "legally" after all. It is central to the …


Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell May 1976

Discretion To Disobey: A Study Of Lawful Departures From Legal Rules, Bernard Adell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The authors' purpose in this important and intriguing book is to contribute to what they call "the jurisprudence of departures from rules" [p. 5]. They try to establish that non-compliance with rules of law may sometimes be justified not only on moral grounds but also on legal grounds - that is, that the legal system itself has considerable built-in tolerance of non-compliance with its own rules, and that an official or an ordinary citizen who contravenes a legal rule may well be able to make out a claim that he is acting "legally" after all. It is central to the …