“Necessity has no law.”
A maxim meaning that the violation of a law may be
excused by necessity. This is not a rule of general application in
international law, but it may be applied in some exceptional cases for reasons
of equity. Alternatively, it may be invoked for no better reason than as a
cynical excuse for departing from one’s legal obligations. Alternative phrases
are Necessitas
facit lictum quod alias non est lictum, Necessitas
non habet leges, and Quod
necessitas cogit, defendit. See also Ius necessitatis.
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