The Right to Resist

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper

Andrew Robertson and Jason Neyers (eds), Private Law and the State (Hart Publishing, 2024)

18 Pages Posted: 25 Apr 2025

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Nicholas McBride

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law

Date Written: November 24, 2023

Abstract

This chapter - a follow-up to my earlier paper on 'The Nature of Evil' - establishes the existence of a right to resist evil, that is distinct from other rights such as a right to self-defence, and considers how that right might apply where the state is involved in evil acts to permit the right-holder to commit what would otherwise be private wrongs against the state.

Suggested Citation

McBride, Nicholas, The Right to Resist (November 24, 2023). University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper, Andrew Robertson and Jason Neyers (eds), Private Law and the State (Hart Publishing, 2024), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5229619 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5229619

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