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Autore |
Brown Richard Maxwell |
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Titolo |
No duty to retreat [[electronic resource] ] : violence and values in American history and society / / Richard Maxwell Brown |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771503-6 |
0-19-028143-X |
1-280-52338-7 |
0-19-802143-7 |
1-4294-0736-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violence - United States - History |
Values - United States - History |
United States History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-251) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 No Duty to Retreat in Law and the American Mind; 2 The Gunfighter: The Reality Behind the Myth; 3 California Conflict and the American Dream; 4 The Persistence of No Duty to Retreat: Crime, Law, and Society in America from the 1850's to the Present; 5 Conclusion: No Duty to Retreat in Retrospect and Prospect; Notes; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A discussion of crime, law and society in the USA, which demonstrates that surges in crime since the 1950's have coincided with the emergence of the post-industrial society. It examines the growing popularity of the concept that persons under physical attack have the right to defend themselves. |
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