Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
This brief essay critiques the torture memoranda's use of the necessity defense from the perspectives of criminal law doctrine, criminal law theory, and moral philosophy.
Keywords
torture, necessity
Publication Title
Rutgers Law Journal
Repository Citation
Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler, "Torture, Necessity, and the Union of Law & Philosophy" (2004). All Faculty Scholarship. 2594.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2594
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Criminal Law Commons, Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, National Security Law Commons
Publication Citation
36 Rutgers L. J. 183 (2004)