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Protesting Power - War, Resistance and Law, by Prof. Francis A.Boyle. (2008, Rowman & Litlefield). Francis Boyle has written previous handbooks for civil resisters over the last 20+ years, and this new book is as insightful regarding proven methods of nonviolent civil resistance as it is inciteful for the contemporary movement opposing American military power run amok. University of Illinois Law Professor Boyle first instructs the reader in "The Right to Engage in Civil Resistance." He necessarily distinguishes that term from its notable cousin, "civil disobedience," because how the resister understands and speaks about any action that risks arrest determines the best legal defense based on international law, human rights and the U.S. Constitution.
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