The Common law: justifiable and excusable homicide theory -- The Principles of self-defense in outline -- The Aggressor's right to self-defense -- The Issue of retreat -- The Concept of "force" in selfdefense -- The Battered wife syndrome and the imperfect right to self-defense -- The Berrnhard goetz case -- Self-defense in international law

1. Legal ethics -- United States
2. Self -- Defense -- Common Law
3. Criminal law -- United States