TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fitz-Gibbon,Kate
TI  - Homicide law reform, gender and the provocation defence: a comparative perspective 
SN  - 1137357541
AV  - K5086 .F58 2014
U1  - 345/.04 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Provocation (Criminal law)
KW  - Murder
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Women
KW  - Violence against
KW  - fast
KW  - Brottsprovokation
KW  - sao
KW  - Mord
KW  - juridik och lagstiftning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-310) and indexes; Introduction; The partial defence of provocation --; THE PROBLEM OF PROVOCATION; Male honour and the provocation defence --; Jealous men and provocative women --; The plight of the provoked battered woman --; ADDRESSING THE PROVOCATION PROBLEM : DIVERGENT APPROACHES TO HOMICIDE LAW REFORM; Addressing the provocation problem --; Abolishing provocation : the Victorian experience --; Replacing provocation : the English experience --; Restricting provocation : the New South Wales experience --; THE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF HOMICIDE LAW REFORM; New laws, same problems : alternative categories to murder --; The difficulty of law reform for battered women who kill --; Complicating the law of homicide --; Questions of sentencing in the provocation debate --; Conclusion; The partial defence of provocation and lessons for law reform --; APPENDICES
ER  -