PHIL327 Lecture 2: to Lecture 5
3 Feb 2017
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Why obey the law (cont"d) : a) aung sang suu kyi the prisoner of rangoon, law breaker. 1975 state protection act (can imprison anyone for 5 years without trial or reason) She only supports democratic regime: hr activist, constitutional change case study. Independence in late 50s led by suu kyi"s father. He was killed and dictator took over from 1961-88 and renamed the country as myanmar (when he resigned) She comes back in 1988 to bring democracy (national. League for democracy) to the country but was immediately put in house arrest off and on from 1989- In 1990 the country held democratic elections (they panicked and copied other countries) National league for democracy 60% popular vote and. 81% of seats in parliament, was international scrutinized but completely ignored. 1991, she was winner of the nobel peace prize. In 2010, government had no choice but to release her.
