Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.
Contents:
Necessity -- Intent -- Provocation -- Deadly threats -- Verbal threats -- Imminent harm -- Reasonable fear -- Duty to retreat -- Stand your ground -- Castle doctrine -- De-escalation -- Mistake -- Reasonable force -- Threatened -- Decisions.
Summary:
Misinformation about self-defense rights and laws is what has sparked major debate over the misapplication of lethal force in civilian communities. Bruce Lawlor identifies the major issues in self-defense cases, and the legal approaches used to resolve them. The result is less confusion and greater understanding of what self-defense is, and how to go about determining if a homicide is self-defense or murder.
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