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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

2004

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Necessity

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Torture, Necessity, And The Union Of Law & Philosophy, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan Jan 2004

Torture, Necessity, And The Union Of Law & Philosophy, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan

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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.

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