Rethinking self-defence: the 'ancient right's' rationale disentangled

Cover -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Abbreviations and Foreign Journals -- Table of Authorities -- Germany Cases -- US Federal Cases -- US State Cases -- England Cases -- Northern Ireland Cases -- Scotland Cases -- European Court of Human Rights Cases -- German Statutes -- US Federal Statutes -- US State Statutes -- England Statutes -- International Statutes -- Other Primary Legal Sources - Germany -- Other Primary Legal Sources - US -- Other Primary Legal Sources - International -- Table of Tables -- Glossary of German Words and Phrases -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Developing the 'Value-Based Model' of Self-Defence -- I. Early Observers of the 'Ancient Right' of Self-Defence -- II. An Introduction to Thinking of Values as Decision-Grounds -- III. The Orthodox View: 'Two Principles in Tension' (Autonomy of the Defender v Autonomy of the Attacker) -- IV. Advancing the Debate Through a More Value-Centric Dialogue - An Introduction to (and Preliminary Defence of) Seven Proposed Value-Based Decision-Grounds -- A. Value #1: Reducing Overall Societal Violence by Protecting the State's Collective 'Monopoly on Force' -- B. Value #2: Protecting the Attacker's Individual (Presumptive) Right to Life -- C. Value #3: Maintaining the Equal Standing between People -- D. Value #4: Protecting the Defender's Autonomy -- E. Value #5: Ensuring the Primacy of the Legal Process -- F. Value #6: Maintaining the Legitimacy of the Legal Order -- G. Value #7: Deterring (Potential) Attackers -- V. The Challenging Act of Balancing the Competing Values -- A. The Value-Based Model and the 'Forfeiture' of Rights -- B. Considering Alternative Value-Accommodation Methods -- 3. The Scholarly Community's Surprising Neglect of Values as Self-Defence Decision-Grounds -- I. Protecting the State's Monopoly on Force (and the Primacy of the Legal Process).

Setting the stage -- Developing the 'value-based model' of self-defence -- The scholarly community's surprising neglect of values as self-defence decision-grounds -- The value-based model's answer to common theoretical ('hard case') questions -- Examining German law's treatment of self-defence from a value-centric perspective -- Examining the US law's treatment of self-defence from a value-centric perspective -- Examining the English law's treatment of self-defence from a value-centric perspective -- Parting observations.