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Circumstances under which the defence of self defence would avail an accused person

Conditions to be satisfied for self-defence to avail an accused person

Duty of the prosecution where the defence of self-defence is raised

Effect of a successful plea of self-defence

How to determine whether the force applied by an accused person is excessive

How to determine whether the force used in self-defence is commensurate with the nature of force used or harm caused by the attacker

Ingredients of the defence of self-defence

Meaning of self-defence

Nature of self-defence

Nature of the onus on the prosecution where the accused raises the defence of self-defence

Nature of the right to self-defence

Nature of the threat or danger that will entitle an accused person to the defence of self-defence

Self-defence in murder cases

The essence of self-defence

The guiding principles of self-defence

The legal effect of the defence of self-defence

The nature of force or harm which is justified for self defence

The position of the law on self-defence

The principle that for self-defence to avail a person, the force used in defending oneself must be reasonably necessary in the circumstances

The purport of self-defence

The right of a person assaulted to strike back

The rule that raising the defence of self-defence by an accused person presupposes that he committed the offence

The rule that the onus is on the prosecution to satisfy the court that the defence of self defence is not available to the accused person

The standard applicable in the consideration of the defence of self-defence

What amounts to extreme necessity to justify acts of self-defence

What an accused person must establish for the defence of self defence to avail him

What an accused person who pleads self-defence must prove

What self-defence entails

When self-defence will avail an accused person

When self-defence would avail an accused person

When self-defence would be justified

When the defence of self defence would not avail an accused person

When the defence of self-defence will not avail an accused person

Whether a conviction for manslaughter can be substituted for that of murder where the defence of self-defence is upheld by the court

Whether a plea of self-defence can stand side by side with an outright denial of the facts

Whether an accused person charged with terrorism under the EFCC can rely on the defence of self-defence under the Criminal Code

Whether homicide done in self-defence is justifiable

Whether self-defence will avail an accused person who had no opportunity to withdraw

Whether the defence of self-defence must be expressly raised to avail a defendant

Whether the defence of self-defence will avail an accused person where there is no evidence that the deceased was carrying any offensive weapon at the time he was shot to his death

Whether the defence of self-defence will avail an accused person who had effectively disarmed the attacker

Whether the defence of self-defence will avail an accused person who stabbed an unarmed deceased person

Whether the defence of self-defence will avail an accused person who used excessive force on his assailant

Whether the defense of self-defense will avail a defendant who had opportunity to retreat but refused to

Whether the fact that the accused person admitted killing the deceased absolves the prosecution from proving that the accused person did not kill the deceased in self-defence

Whether the legal burden of proving the defence of self-defence rests on the accused person

Whether the nature and kind of implement used affects the plea of self-defence

Whether the question of revenge, or a consideration of the degree or quantum of force used arises in the consideration of self-defence

Whether the trial court must consider the defence of self-defence even where it was not relied on by the accused

Whether there is a limitation on the use of force in self-defence

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