A crime of self-defense
Subtitle: Bernhard Goetz and the law on trial
By: George P. Fletcher.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Goetz, Bernhard Hugo, 1947-  -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Assault and battery) -- New York (State) -- New York; Self-defense (Law) -- United States
Description: Legal expert George Fletcher uses the celebrated trial of New York's "Subway Vigilante", Bernhard Goetz, as a springboard to probe the profound relationship between this defensive action, the public's understanding of it, and the court's interpretation of it according to the law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-244) and index.