Superior orders, also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or...

the executions only because he himself was obeying superior orders, and that as such only his superiors could be held responsible. The Nuremberg judges rejected...

orders from the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, against whose rule the city of Breisach had rebelled. The court, however, rejected the superior orders...

war crime or other violation of international criminal law. Because superior orders do not exonerate such violations, it is obligatory to disobey the order...

Respondeat superior (Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (and has vicarious liability...

accused war criminals, because they were military officers following superior orders. In the book Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), Hannah Arendt said that...

following my superior's orders'". Previous to the time of the Nuremberg Trials, this excuse was known in common parlance as "superior orders".[citation...

character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the older monastic orders' allegiance to a single monastery formalized by their...

command is exercised and executed. Orders are transmitted down the chain of command, from a responsible superior, such as a commissioned officer, to...

provincial superior is an officer of a religious institute (including religious orders) acting under the institute's Superior General. A provincial superior exercises...

convicted him on all charges. Although the tribunal's charter allowed "superior orders" to be considered a mitigating factor, it found Keitel's crimes were...

description as the third Order of the first sphere, the other two superior orders being the Cherubim and Seraphim. The name of the most glorious and...

figure of superior general first emerged in the thirteenth century with the development of the centralized government of the Mendicant Orders. The Friars...

Provincial superiors under him. Such power follows from the religious vows that bind members to community life, as in other religious orders. Superiors General...

Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It relates to whether superior orders are an excuse or justification. It has been called a leading case....

superior responsibility) is the legal doctrine of hierarchical accountability for war crimes, whereby a commanding officer (military) and a superior officer...

behaviour by a military force. Despite having argued that he had obeyed superior orders, von Hagenbach was convicted, condemned to death, and beheaded. The...

Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...

(does not apply when the assault/battery results in ABH or greater) Superior orders Reasonable chastisement of a child Medical procedure Sporting activities...

Innere Führung ). The revised definition of military orders and obedience, as well as superior–subordinate relations by the former "Amt Blank" (Blank...

(obedience to authority, 1961) Stanford prison experiment (Zimbardo, 1972) Superior orders Arendt 2006, p. 135. Arendt 2006, p. 135–137. Arendt 2006, p. 136....

assist subordinate units with the conduct of military operations. Superior orders Führerprinzip Nuremberg principles George Breckenridge Davis, A Treatise...

out orders, including those later judged to be war crimes (see also Prussian virtues, German militarism, Befehlsnotstand, Führerprinzip, and superior orders)...

of his officers and soldiers, Dietrich said he received from Hitler superior orders that no quarter was to be granted, no prisoners taken, and no pity...

or remove superiors or their orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superior, but it can...

should be acquitted, claiming that they were acting in accordance with superior orders not to take prisoners. Despite this, Thomas was unable to establish...

each Abbey or House, as subject to their direct superior. In the past, what distinguished religious orders from other institutes was the classification of...

monasteries and abbeys, like provincial and superiors general of some orders, are among the major religious superiors. In order for members of the consecrated...

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chain of command obeying orders. Insubordination is when a service member willfully disobeys the lawful orders of a superior officer. If a military officer...