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Attorney And Client--Disbarment Of Attorney For Invoking Fifth Amendment-Denial Of Due Process, M. J. P.
Attorney And Client--Disbarment Of Attorney For Invoking Fifth Amendment-Denial Of Due Process, M. J. P.
West Virginia Law Review
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Necessity As A Justification: A Critique Of Perka, Donald Galloway
Necessity As A Justification: A Critique Of Perka, Donald Galloway
Dalhousie Law Journal
In his characteristically trenchant and influential investigation, "A Plea for Excuses",' J. L. Austin reminded us that we can and do use different strategies of defending a person when it is claimed that he has done wrong. He drew attention to two distinct tactics: One way of going about this (defending a person) is to admit that he, X, did that very thing, A, but to argue that it was a good thing, or the right or sensible thing, or a permissible thing to do . . . To take this line is to justify the action, to give reasons …