Partial Excuses to Murder

1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-1-86287-047-5
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Gewicht: 598 g

Sixteen papers on provocation, diminished responsibility, excessive self-defence and intoxication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yeo, Stanley

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Introduction What are Partial Excuses of Murder? Suzanne Uniacke Provocation Provocation: Partial justification, not partial excuse Finbarr McAuley The Abolition of Provocation Matthew Goode Provocation of Self-Defence for Battered Women Who Kill? Julia Tolmie Provocation in New Zealand: A characteristic solution Bernard Brown Contemporary Provocation Law: Is substantially impaired self-control enough? Stephen James Odgers Diminished Responsibility Still Crazy After All These Years: A critique of diminished responsibility David Fraser Diminished Responsibility: 'Abnormal' minds, abnormal murderers and what the doctor said Jill Hunter and Jenny Bargen Diminished Responsibility: The expert witness' viewpoint Susan C Hayes Excessive Self-Defence Applying Excuse Theory to Excessive Self-Defence Stanley Meng Heong Yeo Excessive Self-Defence in Australia: Change for the worse? Paul Ames Fairall Excessive Defence in Irish Law Finbarr McAuley Intoxication Manslaughter and Intoxication David Lanham Intoxication Defences: The Australian perspective Ian D Leader-Elliott Medical Aspects of Intoxication Loane Skene Overview Partial Excuses and Critical Assumptions: The judgment of Hindsight AJ in Rex v DPP Brent Fisse Table of Cases/ Index