PHL370H5 Lecture Notes - Actus Reus, Jus Ad Bellum, Sui Generis
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Sept 9, 2013: trayvon martin case discussion, criminal law, offenses, justifications, excuses. Lazar : short papers, long papers, short paper topic: September 16, 2013: what"s required for justified self-defense, the threat must be imminent. Sept 18, 2013: reasonable belief standard, two components. It"s not enough that you sincerely believe you"re under threat of imminent harm your belief also needs to be held on reasonable grounds. How do you differentiate b/w something that is explicit and something that isn"t. Judging people based on stereotypes: lazar, use this article as a model for paper , rules of war are sui generis". The rules of war don"t apply to anything else. Even the rules of self-defense: innocent attacker, jus ad bellum (meeting the traditional criteria for the justified resort to war, jus in bello (behaviours in war) The harm done is proportionate to the value of the goals they want to achieve.