Large list of cases for Self Defense

4my son · May 4th, 2007, 10:51 AM

This is a pretty long list of cases, with discriptions of each, I'll only post the index and the link.

The cases explored.

Quote:

American Journal of Criminal Law

Summer 2000

293

THE SELF-DEFENSE CASES:

HOW THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CONFRONTED A HANGING JUDGE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND TAUGHT SOME LESSONS FOR JURISPRUDENCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST

David B. Kopel [FNa1]

Copyright © 2000 University of Texas School of Law; David B. Kopel

Table of Contents

I. Introduction .................................................. ...... 294
II. Jurisdiction and Background ......................................... 296
III. The Cases .................................................. ......... 296
A. Gourko v. United States: Carrying a Gun is an Innocent Act ..... 296
B. Starr v. United States: Even Criminals May Use Deadly Force in
Resisting Attacks by Law Enforcement Officers ..................... 296
C. Thompson v. United States: There is Nothing Wrong with Carrying
a Rifle for Protection ............................................ 296
D. Beard v. United States: There is No Duty to Retreat Before
Using Deadly Force ................................................ 296
E. Allison v. United States: Self-Defense is for Juries to
Evaluate, Not for Judges to Exclude ............................... 296
F. Wallace v. United States: Prior Threats by an Attacker are
Relevant to a Defendant's Use of Deadly Force ..................... 296
G. Alberty v. United States: No Duty to Retreat when Confronting a
Spouse's Paramour ................................................. 296
H. Acers v. United States: Judge Parker is Affirmed ............... 296
I. Allen v. United States: Self-Defense Decisions Can be Made in a
Hurry; There is a Duty to Retreat on Public Property .............. 296
J. Rowe v. United States: Withdrawal from a Fight Revives the
Right to Self-Defense ............................................. 296
K. Brown v. United States: Detached Reflection Cannot be Demanded
in the Presence of an Uplifted Knife .............................. 296
IV. The Significance of the Self-Defense Cases .......................... 296
A. Judge Parker Fires Back ........................................ 296
B. What Made the Defendants in the Self-Defense Cases so
Sympathetic to the Supreme Court? ................................. 296
C. Do the Self-Defense Cases Have Any Modern Application? ......... 296

The link.

Miggy · May 4th, 2007, 12:05 PM

Outstanding page... saved!

Janq · May 4th, 2007, 12:35 PM

Excellent!!!

As well this is directly relevant to an ongoing thread at another site where I literally just now came from.
I cannot believe the luck and timing of this.
Sweet!!!

- Janq

Bob The Great · May 4th, 2007, 02:36 PM

saved for reference. Thanks!

May 4th, 2007, 12:05 PM	#2
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