self defense

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self defense

Stand your ground

a history of America's love affair with lethal self-defense
  • Light, Caroline E.
Examines the historical context of self-defense laws throughout time from "castle laws" of the 1600s to lynchings during the Jim Crow era and beyond into present day mass shootings.

Justifiable homicide

battered women, self-defense, and the law
  • Gillespie, Cynthia K.
1989
Examines over 300 cases in which women have attempted to defend themselves from violent partners.
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