Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2023 November 28

= November 28 =

Legal principle
If I remember correctly, there's a sort of a Latin legal brocard or principle according to which if a state commits a crime, then all attempts to counteract it and seek punishment are legal even if formally illegal under that country's amended penal code, thus overriding it (similar to domestic Russian opposition to war in Ukraine). Possibly different from tort. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 20:51, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It could depend on which country. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:44, 29 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I did not see anything that might fit the description. While there is a concept of "state crimes", legal punishment for a crime is only given to individuals found responsible for the commission of these crimes. I don't think there can be an accepted principle by which all imaginable forms of extra-legal punishment are deemed legal. --Lambiam 20:47, 29 November 2023 (UTC)