Superior orders
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title:
Superior orders
text:
Superior orders, also known as the Nuremberg defense or just following orders, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether a member of the military, law enforcement, or the civilian population, should not be considered guilty of committing crimes that were ordered by a superior officer or official. The superior orders plea is often regarded as the complement to command responsibility. One of the most noted uses of this plea, or defense, was by the accused in the 1945–1946 Nuremberg trials
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encyclopedia
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Criminal defense of following the orders of a superior
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders
date created:
2008-01-08T14:50:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:07:31Z
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