What constitutes civil disobedience?

Answer 1

Civil disobedience and passive resistance are much the same. They are two ways of standing up for what you believe without involving weaponry or violence. Civil disobedience is something like Rosa Parks on the bus. She knew the rules, but refused to listen to them because they went against what she believed. Passive resistance is something like a sit in where people know the rules but go against them without being violent.

Answer 2

Civil disobedience means disregard for the law. While sometimes it can occur with a violent criminal, or a petty criminal, sometimes even a peaceful protest can be considered a civil disobedience, although a non violent one.