Rethinking Self-Defence: The 'Ancient Right's' Rationale Disentangled - Softcover

T Markus Funk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509945636 ISBN 13: 9781509945634

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Self-defence – the ‘ancient right’ – has never been more relevant than in the present era of widespread calls for criminal justice reform. The book substantially advances the patinaed discussion by introducing for the first time a comprehensive value-centric approach to thinking about the defence’s deeper rationale. It tackles core issues such as the relative importance of the State’s claimed monopoly on force, procedural justice and the need to shore up the justice system’s legitimacy and creditworthiness, everyone’s presumptive ‘right to life,’ and the importance of ensuring equal standing between citizens. And, in so doing, the book breaks ground by addressing public perceptions of ‘just’ and ‘right’ outcomes, as well as the emphasis legal systems place (and should place) on State power.

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About the Author

T Markus Funk is the Firmwide Chair of Perkins Coie’s White Collar & Investigations practice, a former US federal prosecutor, current Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado Law School, former professor at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, and former Lecturer at Oxford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509945636
• ISBN 13: 9781509945634
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264