With Malice Aforethought - A Study of the Crime and Punishment for Homicide

Zusatztext This is an important book. Informationen zum Autor Sir Louis Blom-Cooper KC is a member of the English bar,a well-known writer on a wide range of legal matters, and the distinguished chair of many commissions of inquiry. Terence Morris was for many years a Professor of Criminology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext This book considers criminal homicide in its social, historical and legal setting,and sets out the case for fundamental reform. Zusammenfassung This book explores the argument for the current distinctions between murder, manslaughter and other crimes to be replaced by 'culpable homicide'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prologue and Apologia 2. The Legacy of Sr. Edward Coke, Knight 3. Murder Will Out: The Substantive Law Today 4. Hunting the Chimæra 5. Expert Evidence on Trial 6. The Past Revisited: When Memory Lifts the Latch 7. On the Dealing Floor of the Lords: Rewind to 1965 8. The Starting Points: Where Do They End? 9. Corporate Killing 10. Motorised Killing 11. The Appellate Process 12. The Crime and the Penalty: Thinking Outside the Box

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• Authors: Louis Blom-Cooper, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, Prof. Terence Blom-Cooper Morris, Professor Terence Blom-Cooper Morris, Terence Morris, Terence Blom-Cooper Morris
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2004
• EAN: 9781841134857
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-485-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law