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'His home is his castle. And mine is a cage': a new partial defence for primary victims who kill.

Authors :
WAKE, NICOLA
Source :
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly; Summer2015, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p151-177, 27p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The article examines the Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Act that abolished Australian state of Victoria's general partial defense of defensive homicide and replaced the existing statutory self-defense in manslaughter provisions and also mentions the need of partial defense.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00293105
Volume :
66
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
108692167