Journal article
All assemble: order and disorder in law, politics, and culture
University of Pennsylvania journal of constitutional law, Vol.16(4), p949
01 Apr 2014
Abstract
The Article's ultimate purpose is provocative. While contemporary law's intolerance for mob violence, and anything even remotely approaching it, is laudable, it has not been without its costs. The history of public assembly poses a challenge to our apparent decision to value safety above all else. In our understandable nervousness about disorder and condemnation of violence, we have lost sight of the fact that disorder and disruption arise out of the very nature of assembly-a crowd out of doors being policed by government officials. Perhaps more critically, we have lost sight of the fact that for dissenters, in particular, disruption is central to the efficacy of public protest." While unlawful and violent actions on the part of gatherers obviously must be addressed, a robust right of assembly would seem to require a recalibration of the balance.
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- Title
- All assemble: order and disorder in law, politics, and culture
- Creators
- Tabatha Abu El-Haj
- Publication Details
- University of Pennsylvania journal of constitutional law, Vol.16(4), p949
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Identifiers
- 991020535071404721