Rethinking English Homicide Law

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Ashworth is Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University Klappentext The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law! and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law reform agencies. Rethinking English Homicide Law brings together six top English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of homicide and deals with such important topics as the definition of murder! the relevance of mental abnormality provocation! unintentional killings! defenses! and sentencing. Zusammenfassung This is the first book in recent years to reconsider the shape and details of the English law of homicide, a topic avoided by governments in their plans for law reform. It discusses how the law should define murder, how it should respond to provoked killings, how it should deal with mentally abnormal killers, etc. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Andrew Ashworth and Barry Mitchell: Introduction 2: William Wilson: Murder and the Structure of Homicide Law 3: Ronnie Mackay: Diminished Responsibility and Mental Disorder 4: Celia Wells: Provocation: the Paradigm Principle 5: Chris Clarkson: Rethinking Involuntary Manslaughter 6: Nicola Lacey: Partial Defences in Homicide 7: Martin Wasik: Sentencing in Homicide Cases

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Ashworth
• Assisted by: Andrew Ashworth (Editor), Andrew Qc Ashworth (Editor), Barry Mitchell (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2000
• EAN: 9780198299158
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829915-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law