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Reasonable Force
Michael Guest
其他書名
Judge, Jury and Executioner
出版Independently Published, 2019-11
主題Fiction / General
ISBN17043837579781704383750
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YAbNywEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Throughout the Western world, the law of self-defence allows a citizen to use reasonable force to protect him or herself, or another, or their residential property. This force can be deadly. A different standard applies to the defence of chattels. Rules also impose duties to use only such force as is necessary and to retreat or call for assistance if possible. But totally innocent citizens can be caught in a situation where the law entitles them to be judge, jury and executioner all within the space of a nano second.This novel explores themes of self-defence and criminal behaviour. It is set against the background of a series of law lectures at Otago University and explores six different fact scenarios involving violent deaths in Dunedin (NZ), Warwick (England), Flagstaff (Arizona), Melbourne, Auckland and Chicago. The main character is Detective Inspector Simon Essex of the New Zealand police. He holds a law degree and has had some court experience within the chambers of the London barrister. He seeks the approval of the New Zealand Commissioner of Police to undertake a one-year LLM course at Cambridge University in England. The death scenes and the subsequent trials are deadly.The legal principles explored within six homicides are:*Defence of yourself. *Defence of another. A baby in a neighbour's arms.*Defence of a dwelling house. Against an arsonist.*Defence of any chattel - a much beloved pet. *Battered women's syndrome - the pre-emptive strike. *Torture as a defence of countless unknown others. The "ticking bomb".