Contributors: Andrew Ashworth, QC (Vinerian Professor of Law, Vinerian Professor of Law, University of Oxford), Barry Mitchell (Reader in Crim
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Dimensions: 24.00 X 2.00 X 17.00
Shipping Weight: 0.480(Kg)
Publisher Code: 9780198299042
Date Added: 2018-08-03
Search Category: International
Jurisdiction: International
Publish Country: United Kingdom
Overview:
The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law, and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law reform agencies. Rethinking English Homicide Law brings together six top English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of homicide and deals with such important topics as the definition of murder, the relevance of mental abnormality provocation, unintentional killings, defences, and
sentencing. The book also considers broad policy choices and matters of detail, in their contemporary social and legal context, and highlights the difficult issues that need to be tackled if we are to have an up-to-date law of murder and manslaughter.
Table Of Contents:
1. Introduction ; 2. Murder and the Structure of Homicide Law ; 3. Diminished Responsibility and Mental Disorder ; 4. Provocation: the Paradigm Principle ; 5. Rethinking Involuntary Manslaughter ; 6. Partial Defences in Homicide ; 7. Sentencing in Homicide Cases