unlawful order

Police came out to protest against unlawful orders given to them.

There was a touch of unlawful order intruded here, powerful, frightening.

In fact it says, members of the military have an obligation to disobey unlawful orders.

She knew that, although it was probably unauthorized, his was not an unlawful order.

Last year he eliminated a legal provision that allowed members of the police force and security services to disobey what they considered an unlawful order.

Generally, an officer or soldier is expected to be insubordinate to the point of mutiny if given an unlawful order, however.

They include lawful trade-union participation, non-compliance with an unlawful order and disclosure of information.

"I refuse to accept your unlawful orders."

Speaking about her arrest, Wolf said, "I was taken into custody for disobeying an unlawful order.

This unlawful order escalated the animosity between the king and Venizelos as well as their loyal followers.

W. Hays Parks, a civilian attorney for the Army, cited an example of how military officers could refuse to carry out an unlawful order.

In S v Banda, a distinction was drawn between an unlawful and a manifestly unlawful order.

Was a lowly Marine lieutenant colonel to blame for following orders, even when he created some of those unlawful orders for higher-ups to issue?

"If he was following unlawful orders but did not know they were unlawful, if a reasonable person would not know, that's an absolute defense."

Military and civilians have a duty to obey lawful orders, and a duty to disobey unlawful orders."

(This is, however, a complex issue, as the Crown remained - and remains - the source of all executive authority in the British army, with legal implications for unlawful orders etc.).

On the other hand, a person who accepts such an unlawful order faces the possibility of legal punishment at the international level (e.g. Nuremberg Trials) for committing unlawful acts.

The Rules of Conduct under the Uniform Code of Military Justice stated that she was not obligated to obey unlawful orders or orders that violated her own morality.

At the Nuremberg trials of 1945-46, a military tribunal rejected the old idea that crimes committed under a superior's orders could not be prosecuted, though unlawful orders could be a mitigating factor in sentencing.

Disobedience to unlawful orders is the obligation of every member of the U.S. armed forces, a principle established by the Nuremberg trials and reaffirmed in the aftermath of the My Lai Massacre.

Criticized the government of exerting political influence upon Maldives Police service and asked the officers not to obey the unlawful orders issued by the high command and not erode the aspirations of Maldives' reformers.

"We are now talking about the possibility of command responsibility, not just unlawful orders and simple murder," said Gary D. Solis, a former military judge and prosecutor who teaches the law of war at Georgetown University.

Such an "unlawful order" presents a legal dilemma from which there is no legal escape: On one hand, a person who refuses such an unlawful order faces the possibility of legal punishment at the national level for refusing orders.

Senator Inouye had mentioned the Nuremberg trials that followed World War II, pointing out that the U.S. had tried to extend to other nations its military doctrine that officers need not obey - in fact have a positive duty not to obey - unlawful orders.