(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 ...
In this article, the rules for self-defence in Canada and Spain are compared and contrasted. We will offer an explanation for the recognition of self-defence, in its several forms; describe some formal similarities and differences between the two versions of the defence; and then compare and ...
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in US military, Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, just to name a few of our practitioners adding to our organization's legitimacy and recognition. Yes, our Women Self Defence course will include weapon art training which is not encountered anywhere to public in Western Canada....
Self-Defence Against Non-State Actors: Impulses from the Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and Warjus contra bellumself-defencenon-state actorsunwilling/unable doctrineconflict in SyriaThe legality of self-defence against non-state actors is currently one of the most contested issues of ...
Wallerstein, S. (2006). The state's duty of self-defence: Justifying the expansion of criminal law. Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 56.Wallerstein, S (2008): "The State's Duty of Self-Defence". Goold, B and Lazarus, L (eds): Security and Human Rights. Oxford: Hart....
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...
Self-defence and the law for women It is very rare that a man who attacks a woman, only to be beaten, could have her prosecuted for assault. Even in cases where she did know very clearly that her actions could cause serious injury. ...
In the wake of the Sauvage case, this article provides a timely analysis of the gendered law of self-defence in France. Drawing from an in-depth analysis of the judgments imposed in the Sauvage case, this article examines the adequacy of French legal responses to battered women who kill and...