A Crime of Self-Defense

A Crime of Self-Defense

Author: George P. Fletcher

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1990-06-15

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780226253343

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Legal expert George Fletcher uses the celebrated trial of New York's "Subway Vigilante", Bernhard Goetz, as a springboard to probe the profound relationship between this defensive action, the public's understanding of it, and the court's interpretation of it according to the law.


War, Aggression and Self-Defence

War, Aggression and Self-Defence

Author: Yoram Dinstein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1139503170

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Yoram Dinstein's influential textbook is an indispensable guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council. This fifth edition incorporates recent treaties such as the Kampala amendments of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, new case law from the International Court of Justice and other tribunals, and contemporary doctrinal debates. Several new supplementary sections are also included, which take into account recent conflicts around the world, and consideration is given to new resolutions of the Security Council. With many segments having been rewritten to reflect recent State practice, this book remains a wide-ranging and highly readable introduction to the legal issues surrounding war and self-defence.


Deadly Force - Understanding Your Right to Self Defense

Deadly Force - Understanding Your Right to Self Defense

Author: Massad Ayoob

Publisher: Gun Digest

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781440240614

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Massad Ayoob draws from an additional three decades of experience to educate responsible firearms owners about the legal, ethical, and practical use of firearms in self defense-the armed citizens' rules of engagement. Deadly Force discusses: Understand the legal and ethical issues surrounding use of lethal force by private citizens Learn about the social and psychological issues surrounding use of lethal force in defense of self or others Preparation and mitigation--steps the responsible armed citizen can/should take "After forty years as a practicing criminal defense attorney, I know that what Mas says, teaches, and writes is the best, state-of-the-art knowledge you can get." ~Jeff Weiner, Former President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


Cases and Materials on Criminal Law

Cases and Materials on Criminal Law

Author: Joshua Dressler

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1142

ISBN-13:

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Premised on the belief that criminal law is an exciting subject to learn and teach, this popular casebook provides a balanced and creative overview of classic and modern criminal law cases and issues while covering both common law foundations and modern statutory reform, including the Model Penal Code. The casebook invites classroom consideration of many controversies in the field (e.g., rape law, race-based jury nullification, Internet crime, and anti-stalking legislation) and defenses (e.g., battered women?s self-defense). Using imaginative examples from literature and music to illustrate criminal law issues (e.g., examining insanity with Edgar Allen Poe?s The Tell-Tale Heart and homicide with Willa Cather?s O Pioneers!), the casebook allows law students to confront some of the Big Questions with which philosophers, theologians, scientists, poets, and lawyers have grappled for centuries.


The Art of Law in the International Community

The Art of Law in the International Community

Author: Mary Ellen O'Connell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1108426662

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Aesthetic philosophy and the arts offer an innovative and attractive approach to enhancing international law in support of peace.