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Because sedition is typically considered the subvert act, the overt acts that may be prosecutable under sedition laws vary from one legal code to another. Where those legal codes have a traceable history, there is also a record of the change of definition for what constituted sedition at certain points in history. This overview has served to develop a Sociological definition of sedition as well, within study of Persecution . The difference between sedition and Treason consists primarily in the subjective ultimate object of the violation to the public Peace . Sedition does not consist of levying war against a government nor of adhering to its enemies, giving enemies aid, and giving enemies comfort. Nor does it consist, in most Representative Democracies , of peaceful Protest against a government, nor of attempting to change the government by Democratic means (such as Direct Democracy or Constitutional Convention ). HISTORY Sedition in its modern meaning first appeared in the Elizabethan Era (c. 1590) as the "notion of inciting by words or writings disaffection towards the state or constitued authority" {Link without Title} . Ibid, p90: "Sedition complements treason and martial law: while treason controls primarily the privileged, ecclesiastical opponents, priests, and Jesuits , as well as certain commoners; and martial law frightens commoners, sedition frightens intellectuals." A famous action that has to do with sedition in U.S. history is the Alien And Sedition Acts . Australia's Sedition Laws were amended in Anti-terrorism Legislation passed on 06 December 2005 , updating definitions and increasing penalties. Laura Berg, a . SEE ALSO REFERENCE # Breight, Curtis, C. ''Surveillance, militarism and drama in the Elizabethan Era'', Macmillian 1996: London. # A synopsis of the Australian sedition laws: http://www.law.gov.au/agd/Department/Publications/publications/ICCPR3/articles/article20.pdf |
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