The necessity defence
A UCL Laws seminar in which Dr Chong-Ming Lim examines when the necessity defence can be available to civil disobedients, and proposes an additional element concerning the character of the lesser evil. AI summary of the listing
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Speaker: Dr Chong-Ming Lim (University of Sheffield) Chair: Prof George Letsas , Professor of Philosophy of Law (UCL Laws) About the Seminar: The necessity defence appears to be available in principle to civil disobedients. However, judges are rarely willing to permit civil disobedients to make the defence. Legal scholars seeking to expand the availability of the defence have tended to offer broader…
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