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Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
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Description for Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LAR; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137357540
SKU
V9781137357540
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99-15
About Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Kate Fitz-Gibbon is a Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University, Australia. Her research focuses on legal responses to lethal violence and effects of criminal law reform in Australian and international jurisdictions. She has advised government bodies on the law of homicide in several Australian jurisdictions and has published on homicide law reform in leading criminology and law journals.
Reviews for Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective
'In this outstanding work, Kate Fitz-Gibbon explains, in fascinating detail, how legislatures across the globe have struggled to adapt the provocation defence to the modern world. Fitz-Gibbon brings the issue of gender to the fore, in deconstructing and reconstructing a defence to murder long criticised for its leniency towards men who kill in anger.' - Professor Jeremy Horder ... Read more