Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence

Name: Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence
Author: Kate Fitz-Gibbon

A Comparative Perspective

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Paperback, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan UK | 2014

ISBN13: 9781349470808

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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2014 9781349470808

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This book critically examines the operation of the partial defence of provocation in a range of comparative international jurisdictions. Centrally concerned with conceptual questions of gender, justice and the role of denial in the criminal justice system, Fitz-Gibbon explores the divergent approaches taken to reforming the law of provocation.

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ISBN13:9781349470808

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Introduction: The Partial Defence of Provocation PART I: THE PROBLEM OF PROVOCATION 1. Male Honour and the Provocation Defence 2. Jealous Men and Provocative Women 3. The Plight of the Provoked Battered Woman PART II: ADDRESSING THE PROVOCATION PROBLEM - DIVERGENT APPROACHES TO HOMICIDE LAW REFORM 4. Addressing the Provocation Problem 5. Abolishing Provocation - the Victorian Experience 6. Replacing Provocation - the English Experience 7. Restricting Provocation – the New South Wales Experience PART III: THE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF HOMICIDE LAW REFORM 8. New Laws, Same Problems - Alternative Categories to Murder 9. The Difficulty of Law Reform for Battered Women Who Kill 10. Complicating the Law of Homicide 11. Questions of Sentencing in the Provocation Debate Conclusion: The Partial Defence of Provocation and Lessons for Law Reform

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