Common Law Justification is a legal doctrine within the framework of justifiable homicide that, under common law principles, distinguishes permissible killing from criminal homicide by establishing that the use of lethal force was necessary and proportionate to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm.
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Cost-Benefit Default Principles
Cass R. Sunstein · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2000 · 139 citations · Full text
The Common Law Genius of the Warren Court
David A. Strauss · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2002 · 126 citations · Full text
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University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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London School of Economics and Political Science
London, United Kingdom
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Chicago Kent College of Law
Chicago, United States
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Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
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Philadelphia, United States
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Singapore, Singapore
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