Alternative Offences and Defences to Murder: An International Perspective

by Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Over the past three decades, the operation of the partial defence of provocation has attracted significant community attention, scholarly debate and political interest in an international range of jurisdictions. In fact, it is difficult to locate a jurisdiction that has not confronted to some extent the problem of provocation, as multiple criminal jurisdictions have conducted reviews of the partial defences to murder, and implemented reforms targeted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415737184
• ISBN13: 9780415737180
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages