When Deadly Force Is Involved - A Look At Legal Side of Stand Your Ground, Duty to Retreat Other

Informationen zum Autor By Bruce M. Lawlor Klappentext Misinformation about self-defense rights and laws is what has sparked major debate over the misapplication of lethal force in civilian communities. Bruce Lawlor identifies the major issues in self-defense cases and the legal approaches used to resolve them, resulting in less confusion and greater understanding of what self-defense is. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1: Necessity2: Intent 3: Provocation 4: Deadly Threats 5: Verbal Threats 6: Imminent Harm 7: Reasonable Fear 8: Duty to Retreat 9: Stand Your Ground 10: Castle Doctrine 11: De-escalation 12: Mistake 13: Reasonable Force14: Threatened 15: Decisions

List of contents

Introduction
1: Necessity
2: Intent
3: Provocation
4: Deadly Threats
5: Verbal Threats
6: Imminent Harm
7: Reasonable Fear
8: Duty to Retreat
9: Stand Your Ground
10: Castle Doctrine
11: De-escalation
12: Mistake
13: Reasonable Force
14: Threatened
15: Decisions

About the author

Bruce Lawlor, retired as a Major General from the U.S. Army, has extensive military and civilian experience in the security sector. He works with national, state, local, and private sector executives to enhance organizational and individual security. As an attorney, he represented both police officers and criminal defendants, in civil and criminal litigation, to include arguing successfully a claim of self-defense in a murder case. Mr. Lawlor is a certified firearms instructor, and teaches individual self-defense. He conducted research regarding the rules of engagement for the use of small arms, relating to U.S. Army operations in heavily populated, civilian conflict areas. He is a Harvard National Security Fellow.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce M Lawlor, Bruce M. Lawlor, Lawlor Bruce M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781538127452
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2745-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / Practical Guides, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Remedies & Damages, United States of America, USA, Law, citizenship & rights for the lay person, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Law, citizenship and rights for the lay person, Damages & compensation, Damages and compensation