Justification Defenses is a legal doctrine within criminal law that belongs to the class of affirmative defenses and is distinguished by its recognition that the defendant’s conduct, though constituting a criminal act, was not wrongful under the circumstances due to justifying factors such as self-defense or necessity.
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The Perplexing Borders of Justification and Excuse
Kent Greenawalt · Columbia Law Review · 1984 · 234 citations
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