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When Deadly Force Is Involved

by Bruce M. Lawlor
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Self-defense, as a legal concept, is easy to describe but difficult to apply. Generally, a person who is without fault may use reasonable force or defensive force for the purpose of defending one's own life or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of deadly force, provided there is no reasonable alternative to avoid it. When someone begins to parse the words of this description, however, he or she runs immediately into a maze of self-defense laws that appear to be at odds with each other.
Bruce Lawlor clears up the confusion by identifying the major issues that surface in most self-defense cases and by describing how the law has dealt with them historically. Its purpose is not to provide legal advice, but to illuminate the path that must be taken to decide whether a claim of self-defense is valid. It examines a variety of issues, including the duty to retreat and stand-your ground laws, what is a deadly threat, when is fear of mortal danger reasonable, and even what happens when a person mistakenly shoots some in self-defense.
When Deadly Force Is Involved: A Look at the Legal Side of Stand Your Ground, Duty to Retreat and Other Questions of Self-Defense brings a bit of order to the confusion behind self-defense.
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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  • Release date: March 17, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781442275294
  • File size: 2409 KB
  • Release date: March 17, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781442275294
  • File size: 2409 KB
  • Release date: March 17, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781442275294
  • File size: 3646 KB
  • Release date: March 17, 2017

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English

Self-defense, as a legal concept, is easy to describe but difficult to apply. Generally, a person who is without fault may use reasonable force or defensive force for the purpose of defending one's own life or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of deadly force, provided there is no reasonable alternative to avoid it. When someone begins to parse the words of this description, however, he or she runs immediately into a maze of self-defense laws that appear to be at odds with each other.
Bruce Lawlor clears up the confusion by identifying the major issues that surface in most self-defense cases and by describing how the law has dealt with them historically. Its purpose is not to provide legal advice, but to illuminate the path that must be taken to decide whether a claim of self-defense is valid. It examines a variety of issues, including the duty to retreat and stand-your ground laws, what is a deadly threat, when is fear of mortal danger reasonable, and even what happens when a person mistakenly shoots some in self-defense.
When Deadly Force Is Involved: A Look at the Legal Side of Stand Your Ground, Duty to Retreat and Other Questions of Self-Defense brings a bit of order to the confusion behind self-defense.
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Law Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

    Kindle Book
    Release date: March 17, 2017

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781442275294
    File size: 2409 KB
    Release date: March 17, 2017

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781442275294
    File size: 2409 KB
    Release date: March 17, 2017

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781442275294
    File size: 3646 KB
    Release date: March 17, 2017

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
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