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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

insisted he had no choice but to follow orders, as he was bound by an oath of loyalty to Hitler – the same superior orders defence used by some defendants in...

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...

to life in prison without parole Superior orders – The practice of pleading not guilty, by means of "following orders" "WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a reporter...

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....

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1945, that the use of Superior orders as a defense did not relieve officers from responsibility of carrying out illegal orders or the liability of being...

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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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...

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

November 1945, that using superior orders as a defense does not relieve officers from responsibility of carrying out illegal orders and their liability to...

Barbie. This defence was rejected by the court, which convicted Barbie. Superior orders Tu quoque Victor's justice Rohan, Colleen; Zyberi, Gentian (2017)....