Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective

by Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349470805
• ISBN13: 9781349470808
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"