0 protection of yourself, either by fighting or discussion: --
1 the protection of yourself: --
She says she shot him in self-defense.
The person who is acting in self-defense or who abandons a criminal attempt is like the blundering chess player.
Nonetheless, the juror will be instructed that he must convict unless he positively believes (instead of merely suspects) that the defendant acted in self-defense.
But suppose that there is a special justification for self-defense against a non-responsible threat.
Our rights of self-defense are not that tepid.
Curiously, these two rather weak principles turn out to be too strong for ordinar y preventive practices like self-defense.
Instead, they would invoke conflicting rights, such as the right to self-defense or a right to prevent aggression.
The ease with which self-defense can be justified should not mislead us into thinking that it is the paradigmatic cases of legitimate preemption.
And victims are held liable for the harms done to their assailants in self-defense when those harms could have been avoided by their own retreat.
