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very slightly more on the defense of necessity

I mentioned yesterday that we read a torture case as part of my criminal law class’s reading on the defense of necessity. Today in class the professor suggested reading ‘Cannibalism and the Common Law.’ Cannibalism, torture- all in a day’s work for a law student, apparently.

[In case you're wondering what cannibalism has to do with anything that could possibly be useful in a modern criminal court, read the brief but interesting wikipedia article on the case in question. But only if you have a strong stomach.]

Comments closed — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at 9:59 am by Luis. Filed in law, school.

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  1. Eduardo O Padoan

    This reminds me of that sick german who eated that another sick guy … parts. Ark. Disgusting. And absolutelly nothing to do with necessity, of course.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes

    Posted on 04-Apr-07 at 2:13 pm | Permalink

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