Rethinking Self-Defence
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Rethinking Self-Defence

The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Rethinking Self-Defence

The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled

About this book

Self-defence – the 'ancient right' – has never been more relevant than in the present era of widespread calls for criminal justice reform. The book substantially advances the patinaed discussion by introducing for the first time a comprehensive value-centric approach to thinking about the defence's deeper rationale. It tackles core issues such as the relative importance of the State's claimed monopoly on force, procedural justice and the need to shore up the justice system's legitimacy and creditworthiness, everyone's presumptive 'right to life, ' and the importance of ensuring equal standing between citizens. And, in so doing, the book breaks ground by addressing public perceptions of 'just' and 'right' outcomes, as well as the emphasis legal systems place (and should place) on State power.

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Information

Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781509945634
eBook ISBN
9781509934195
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Criminal Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Table of Abbreviations and Foreign Journals
  4. Table of Authorities
  5. Table of Tables
  6. Glossary of German Words and Phrases
  7. 1. Setting the Stage
  8. 2. Developing the 'Value-Based Model' of Self-Defence
  9. 3. The Scholarly Community's Surprising Neglect of Values as Self-Defence Decision-Grounds
  10. 4. The Value-Based Model's Answer to Common Theoretical ('Hard Case') Questions
  11. 5. Examining German Law's Treatment of Self-Defence from a Value-Centric Perspective
  12. 6. Examining the US Law's Treatment of Self-Defence from a Value-Centric Perspective
  13. 7. Examining the English Law's Treatment of Self-Defence from a Value-Centric Perspective
  14. 8. Parting Observations
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index