Homicide Law Reform, Gender And The Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective

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.

• • Author: Kate Fitz-Gibbon
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Sep 23, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 328 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137357541
• • ISBN-13: 9781137357540