Back to Search
Start Over
'His home is his castle. And mine is a cage': a new partial defence for primary victims who kill.
- 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.
- Subjects :
- SELF-defense (Law)
MANSLAUGHTER -- Law & legislation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00293105
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 108692167