LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cerebral Palsy, Fair Deal
31 Aug 2016
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The seventh printing of the dsm-ii 1974, no longer listed homosexuality as a category of disorder (now replaced with the category of sexual. Defence of neccessity : v. dudley stephens case where 3 individuals were stranded on an island after a boat crash. 2 individuals killed and fed on the others in order to prevent dying from starvation. Is necessity (tragic choice) a defence to murder. Decision no defence to a charge of murder of necessity. He did so in order to put her out of her suffering. Decision defence of necessity cannot exist here when there is a choice. Necessity defence of necessity is used as an excuse for committing an act. Involuntary acts and the absence of a choice. Requirement of imminent peril and demonstrably impossible compliance. Legal moralism: law can be legitimately used to reinforce society"s collective moral judgments.
