Given that this incident has once again raised the issue of self-defense, we must outline its requirements and limits. Indeed, the penal code refers to the “defense of the person or his rights,” which leaves no doubt this includes his personal property. The condition required by law for that defense to be lawful is that, when suffering an attack, one employ rational means to prevent or repel it. There is no such thing as property that is considered worthy of being defended at the cost of the robber’s life, and property that is not. The law, as we saw, is clear in that it allows the defense of any property leaving aside, obviously, trivial objects or those of very little value.

Source: The Bubble September 09, 2016 11:48 UTC