Title
Stand Your Ground
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
"Stand Your Ground" ("SYG") laws authorize a defender to use deadly force against an aggressor even when the defender can safely retreat. This chapter examines the moral justifiability of such a provision.
Keywords
Criminal law, defenses, self-defense, justification, duty to retreat, proportionality
Publication Title
The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Ethics and the Criminal Law
Repository Citation
Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler, "Stand Your Ground" (2019). Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law. 2703.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2703
Publication Citation
In The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Ethics and the Criminal Law (Larry Alexander & Kimberly Kessler Ferzan eds., Palgave Macmillan 2019)