Ultima Ratio and the Judicial Application of Law

The nature of Ultima Ratio as a principle, its relationship to other principles in the criminal law is the first subject of this paper. After discarding approaches that deny any role to the ultima ratio principle like the criminal law of the enemy, the major readings of the justification of the ius...

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Main Author: Bengoetxea, Joxerramon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-124
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