Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence A Comparative Perspective
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceCriminologyLawCriminal LawGender StudiesPenologyJurisprudence
2014Book
Author(s)Kate Fitz-Gibbon
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137357540
LanguageEnglish
