(redirected fromSelf-defence (law)) Dictionary Thesaurus Self-Defense The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. Self-defense is a defense to certain criminal charges as well as to some civil claims. Under bothCriminal LawandTort Law, self-defense is ...
"It is admitted that a just right of self-defence attaches always to nations as well as to individuals, and is equally necessary for the preservation of both" (Webster, 1841). It was a common practice for centuries to use force to settle disputes among individuals, tribes, and later on ...
Related to self-defence:self-defense defence of one's person (or depending on the context, other persons or property) against criminal charges or tortious or delictual claims. In English law self-defence is a defence to criminal charges. The defence can be of persons other than oneself Def...
This book examines the burgeoning relationship between the ICJ and the right of self-defence. Since 2003 there have been three major decisions of the ICJ that have dealt directly with the law governing self-defence actions, in contrast to only two such cases in the preceding fifty years. This...
There are few more controversial questions in international law than the proper limits of the right of self-defence. The rules are being challenged in the light of what are seen as new threats from terrorism and from the possession of we... E Wilmshurst - 《International & Comparative Law ...
Drawing from scholarship across law, history, politics and philosophy, Self-Defence in International and Criminal Law provides a broad and interdisciplinary approach to the doctrine of self-defence in both domestic criminal and international law. It focuses on the requirement of imminence, which deals...
Self-DefenceNon-State ActorsWeapons of Mass DestructionCarolineImminenceNecessityThe rise to prominence of the WMD threat raises questions regarding the role of international law concerning WMD and the legality of the use of force against states and non-state actors which have access to WMD technology...
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RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Military (redirected fromSelf-Defence Forces) Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia MILITARY. That which belongs or relates to the army. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By Jo...