How did gandhi justify breaking the law in his civil disobedience campaigns?

He justified breaking the law by protesting against injustice of the people, organizing a non-violent protest and labor strikes.

Explanation:

Gandhi acquired the term "civil disobedience" to explain his strategy of non-violently by refusing to yield with injustice, but he preferred the Sanskrit word satyagraha which means the devotion to truth

After he was released from jail, he continued to protest the registration law by organizing a massive non-violent march and supporting labor strikes.

Gandhi committed the rest of his life fighting against what he termed the three great evils affecting India.

The first was the British rule, which Gandhi believed impoverished the Indian people.

The second evil was Hindu-Muslim non unity caused by years of religious bitterness.

The last one was, the evil of tradition of Hindu of classifying millions of those Indians born into the lowest social class, faced discrimination.