No duty to retreat : violence and values in American history and society /

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No Duty to Retreat takes as its starting-point the increased popularity in American society of the old English common-law concept that a person under physical attack has the right to stand his ground, defend himself, and even kill his assailant in self-defence in certain circumstances. This doctrine...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Richard Maxwell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:
Violence > United States > History.
Values > United States > History.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire.
Valeurs (Philosophie) > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Values.
Violence.
Geweld.
Zelfverdediging.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States.
Violence > History
United States
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • No duty to retreat in law and the American mind
  • The gunfighter : the reality behind the myth
  • California conflict and the American dream
  • The persistence of no duty to retreat : crime, law, and society in America from the 1850s to the present
  • Conclusion: No duty to retreat in retrospect and prospect.

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