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On the Expressive Function of Law
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If I had known that not a single lunch counter would open as a result of my action I could not have done differently than I did. If I had known violence would result, I could not have done differently than I did. I am thankful for the sit-ins iffor no other reason than that they provided me with an opportunity for making a slogan into a reality, by turning a decision into an action. It seems to me that this is what life is all about.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sunstein, C. R.
- Corresponding author
- Sunstein, Cass R.
- ORCID
- Sunstein, Cass R.
- Venue
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1996-05
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 2021
- ISSN
- 0041-9907 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3123783531
- Cited by
- 795
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Law, Rights, and Freedoms
- Social Sciences › Law › Law in Society and Culture
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Keywords
- expressive function, civil disobedience, sit-ins, freedom of expression, protest, law and morality, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights movement
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