No duty to retreat : violence and values in American history and society / / Richard Maxwell Brown
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| Autore: |
Brown Richard Maxwell
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| Titolo: |
No duty to retreat : violence and values in American history and society / / Richard Maxwell Brown
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.6/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Violence - United States - History |
| Values - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1992. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-251) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | No duty to retreat |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771503-6 |
| 0-19-028143-X | |
| 1-280-52338-7 | |
| 0-19-802143-7 | |
| 1-4294-0736-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821055603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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