A New Homicide Act For England And Wales
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Author | : Great Britain: Law Commission |
Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2006-04-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780117302648 |
This consultation paper reviews the law relating to homicide in England and Wales, and sets out a number of provisional proposals in order to establish a more rational and coherent framework of legislation. Issues discussed include: the existing law and problems with it; the definition of murder and manslaughter; partial defences including provocation, diminished responsibility and duress; the fault element in murder and the concept of intention; and the doctrine of double-effect. The paper proposes the creation of a new Homicide Act (to replace the Homicide Act 1957) to establish clear definitions of murder and the partial defences to it, as well as defining manslaughter, within a graduated system of offences (the ladder principle) to reflect seriousness of offence and degrees of mitigation. For example, the offence of murder should be divided into two categories, of 'first degree murder' (with a mandatory life sentence) and 'second degree' (with a discretionary life sentence maximum). Responses to the consultation paper proposals should be received by 13.04.2006.
Author | : Great Britain: Law Commission |
Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2006-11-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0102943680 |
A Law Commission consultation paper 'A new homicide act for England and Wales?' was published as LCCP 177 (ISBN 0117302643) in April 2006.
Author | : Sarah Tarlow |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2018-05-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3319779087 |
This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and popular culture. Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse in the medieval and early modern periods, chapters go on to review the histories of criminal justice, of medical history and of gibbeting under the Murder Act, and ends with some discussion of the afterlives of the corpse, in literature, folklore and in contemporary medical ethics. Using sophisticated insights from cultural history, archaeology, literature, philosophy and ethics as well as medical and crime history, this book is a uniquely interdisciplinary take on a fascinating historical phenomenon.
Author | : Jeremy Horder |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007-12-10 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 184731385X |
A number of jurisdictions world-wide have changed or are considering changing their homicide laws. Important changes have now been recommended for England and Wales, and these changes are an important focus in the book, which brings together leading experts from jurisdictions across the globe (England and Wales; France; Germany; Scotland; Australia; The United States of America; Canada; Singapore and Malaysia) to examine key aspects of the law of homicide. Key areas examined include the structure of the law of homicide and the meaning of fault elements. For example, the definition of murder, or its equivalent, is very different in France and Germany from the definition used in England and Wales. French law, like the law in a number of American states, ties the definition of murder to the presence or absence of premeditation, unlike the law in England and Wales. Unlike most other jurisdictions, German law makes the killer's motive, such as a sadistic sexual motive, relevant to whether or not he or she committed the worst kind of homicide. England and Wales is in a minority of English-speaking jurisdictions in that it does not employ the concept of 'wicked' recklessness, or of extreme indifference, as a fault element in homicide. Understanding these often subtle differences between the approaches of different jurisdictions to the definition of homicide is an essential aspect of the law reform process, and of legal study and scholarship in the criminal law. Every jurisdiction tries to learn from the experience of others, and this book seeks to make a contribution to that process, as well as providing a lively and informative resource for scholars and students.
Author | : Kate Fitz-Gibbon |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2014-09-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 113735755X |
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 | : Janet Dine |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199541981 |
An array of carefully selected case report and academic article extracts combined with author commentary to provide a thorough and engaging assessment of criminal law provisions.
Author | : Janet Loveless |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 866 |
Release | : 2012-05-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199646414 |
'Complete Criminal Law' provides a student-centred, straightforward approach to the criminal law LLB/CPE syllabus. It involves the student in an active approach to learning through the use of many learning features.
Author | : Janet (Former Senior Lecturer in Law Loveless, London Metropolitan University) |
Publisher | : Complete |
Total Pages | : 780 |
Release | : 2020-05-04 |
Genre | : Criminal law |
ISBN | : 0198848463 |
Complete Criminal Law provides students with choice extracts, supported by clear author commentary and useful learning features. The explanations and examples in this textbook have been crafted to help students hone their understanding of criminal law.The Complete titles are ambitious in their scope; they have been carefully developed with teachers to offer law students more than just a presentation of the key concepts. Instead they offer a complete package. Only by building on the foundations of the subject, by showing how the law works,demonstrating its application through extracts from cases and judgments, and by giving students the tools and the confidence to think critically about the law will they gain a complete understanding.Online ResourcesThis book is accompanied by free-to-acess online resources for both students and lecturers.- Annual updates- Links to relevant websites- Answer guidance on problem questions and 'thinking points' from the text- Extra exam style questions with answers guidance- Test bank of 200 multiple choice questions- Additional information on drugs offences
Author | : David Nash |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2018-04-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1137290455 |
This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty. Pulling together a wide range of literature, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday reveal the evolution of attitudes towards criminality and the law over the course of the twentieth century. Highlighting important periods of change and development that have shaped the overall history of crime in Britain, the authors provide in-depth analysis and explanation of each theme. This is an ideal companion for undergraduate students taking courses on Crime in Britain, as well as a fascinating resource for scholars.
Author | : Josie Kemeys |
Publisher | : Pearson UK |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Criminal law |
ISBN | : 1292259108 |