Nuremberg defense (English, noun)
expansion: Nuremberg defense (plural Nuremberg defenses)
expansion: (American spelling)
Senses:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: international law
glosses: An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so.
tags: US
idiomatic
topics: law
glosses: An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful.
tags: US
broadly
Forms:
form: Nuremberg defenses
tags: plural
form: Nuremberg defence
tags: alternative