Overview

This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to homicide in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of homicide standardisations in extant law is contestable and opaque. This book provides a logical template to focus the debate. The overall concept addresses three specific elements within this arena, embracing an overarching synergy between them. This edifice engages in an examination of UK provisions, and in contrasting these provisions against alternative domestic jurisdictions as well as comparative contributions addressing a particularised research grid for content. The comparative chapters provide a wider background of how other legal systems treat a variety of specialised issues relating to homicide in the context of the criminal law. The debate in relation to homicide continues apace for academics, practitioners and within the criminal justice system. Having expert descriptions of the wider issues surrounding the particular discussion and of other legal systems’ approaches serves to stimulate and inform that debate. This collection will be a major source of reference for future discussion.

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Author:   Alan Reed ,  Michael Bohlander ,  Nicola Wake ,  Emma Engleby
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367586577

ISBN 10:   0367586576
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of contributors Preface Introduction Part 1 1 The mandatory sentence and the case for second degree murder JEREMY HORDER 2 Killings short of murder: Examining culpable homicide in Scots law CLAIRE MCDIARMID 3 Reforming English homicide law: Fair labelling questions and comparative answers MATTHEW GIBSON AND ALAN REED 4 The current state of murder in English law: A critique, wrong turns and all J.J. CHILD AND G.R. SULLIVAN 5 ‘Loss of self-control’: The cultural lag of sexual infidelity and the transformative promise of the fear defence SUSAN S.M. EDWARDS 6 Diminished responsibility: A limited partial defence to murder RUDI FORTSON QC 7 Causing death SALLY KYD 8 The termination of pregnancy and the criminal law JONATHAN HERRING 9 Homicide and the vulnerable subject of criminal law CLAIRE DE THAN AND JESSE ELVIN 10 Recording murder: videos depicting homicide and the law ALISDAIR A. GILLESPIE Part 2 11 South Africa GERHARD KEMP 12 United States of America VERA BERGELSON 13 Germany KAI AMBOS AND STEFANIE BOCK 14 New Zealand JULIA TOLMIE 15 The Netherlands ERIK GRITTER 16 Turkey MURAT ÖNOK 17 Islamic law MOHAMMAD HEDAYATI-KAKHKI 18 Sweden MAGNUS ULVÄNG Index

Reviews

'This is an authoritative and valuable contribution to the discussion surrounding the way in which the criminal law deals with homicide offences. It should be read by anyone researching this increasingly complex area of law.' Christopher J. Newman, University of Sunderland, UK 'Homicide in Criminal law is a sophisticated account of a range of conceptual problems in the law of homicide. The text, both intellectually challenging yet immensely readable, provides a feast of ethical, philosophical and practical reflection for serious students of criminal law. An admirable addition to Bohlander and Reed's collaborative series on substantive criminal law.' Warren Brookbanks, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Author Information

Alan Reed is Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) in the Faculty of Business and Law at the University of Northumbria. He is a Professor of Criminal and Private International Law, and Editor of The Journal of Criminal Law. Michael Bohlander is the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. He holds the Chair of Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School. Nicola Wake is Associate Professor in Law and Deputy Director for Northumbria Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies. Emma Engleby is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University. Her research interests are in Criminal Evidence, specifically in the use and admissibility of character evidence. Verity Adams is a barrister at Trinity Chambers currently completing a PhD at the University of Durham. Her research interests are in Criminal Law and Evidence, Immigration and Public International Law.

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