TITLE: The Theory of Natural Law in Relation to the Right of Individual and Collective Resistance Agalnst Unjust Government.

SCOPE AND CONTEN':PS: The theory of natur8.1 IaN is analysed in relation to the concept of a right to resistance. A Western liberal tradition ls posited as identified with Cicero and the Stoics, Aquinas, and _ J.Jocke. The Lockean doctrine of resistance is particularly noted in connection ~'1i th the American Revolution. Thls doctrine is argued as deficient in its failure to emphasise non-violent resistance. The central argument of this paper is therefore that, accord.ing to the theory of natural lcn'T, resistance to government should initially be expressed in terms of non-violent resistance. Certain objections to this argument are also considered. (ii) ACKNOHLEJJGHEN'f,'