Homicide And The Politics Of Law Reform

Author : Jeremy Horder
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191635952
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform written by Jeremy Horder and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes murder, murder? How should we understand the difference between intentional and reckless killing? Should offenders be punished differently according to the perceived severity of their crime and when should they be excused? These questions are the topic of intense debate within legal circles and beyond in the UK, the US, and the rest of world. Jeremy Horder's role as the Law Commissioner for England and Wales on criminal law has given him unique insight into these questions and the debates surrounding them. Here he analyses the recent political and legal reform movements, offering a political history of homicide law reform from the 19th century to the modern era. Using homicide as a starting point, Horder raises deeper questions of who is and should be responsible for making and changing the law. What role should there be for expert bodies, judges, and politicians? What role should there be for the general public? These questions invoke strong emotional responses. Horder argues that comprehensive research into, and a degree of difference to, public opinion on the scope of homicide is essential to the reform process. It is essential principally as a means of conferring true legitimacy on homicide reform in a democracy. Elite or expert opinion alone will never authentically secure such legitimacy. Offering an insider's view into the processes of achieving law reform, Horder expresses criticism of a system that excludes the vast majority of people from consultation on reform of the laws that govern them.

Author : Jeremy Horder
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199561915
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform written by Jeremy Horder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating study of the law of homicide, examining its recent development and providing an insider's view on the politics of law reform. Challenging current thought, it argues for the general public to have a greater role in the process of law reform including offenses such as murder, manslaughter, and the highly debated corporate homicide.

Author : John Hostettler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Criminal Law written by John Hostettler and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113735755X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Great Britain: Law Commission
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0102943680
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide written by Great Britain: Law Commission and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-11-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Law Commission consultation paper 'A new homicide act for England and Wales?' was published as LCCP 177 (ISBN 0117302643) in April 2006.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defences to Homicide written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeremy Horder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184731385X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective written by Jeremy Horder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : P. Almond
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137296275
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Manslaughter and Regulatory Reform written by P. Almond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the international emergence of corporate manslaughter offences to criminalise deaths in the workplace during the last twenty years, identifying the limitations of health and safety regulation that have prompted this development.

Author : Terrence Morris
Publisher : Waterside Press
ISBN 13 : 1906534993
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fine Lines and Distinctions written by Terrence Morris and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of the UK’s leading experts on the law of homicide. Contains new information and analysis. Suggests a radical new solution to the ‘mess’ which English homicide law has become. In this powerful account, the authors show that—from Sir Edward Coke’s classic common law definition of murder, through political fixes, poorly thought-out compromises and misguided legislative or Executive tinkering—the English law of homicide is in ‘a mess’. Even the most adept legal minds are faced with what has been described in Parliament as ‘fine lines and distinctions’. What must juries make of messy laws and how can anyone have confidence in criminal justice if laws affecting some of the most serious offences in the criminal calendar are deeply flawed? To make matters worse, the entire subject of homicide in England and Wales is further distorted by the existence of the mandatory life sentence for murder. Building on unrivalled knowledge, extensive research, close practical observation and incisive analysis, Professor Terence Morris and Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC trace the development of the law of homicide from early times to the present day. They counter and dismantle specious arguments for preserving the status quo and point out that only root and branch reform of the basis of liability for homicide and its sentencing regime will serve to restore justice, fairness and political probity. Professor Terence Morris and Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC are two of the UK’s leading experts on the law of homicide, having studied developments together for over 50 years. This has led them to recognise the extent of disquiet, especially following ‘particularly troubling cases’ and to conclude that the law of homicide in England and Wales is ‘an unsatisfactory law enveloped in a political fix’. Their suggestion of a replacement single offence of criminal homicide coupled with abolition of the mandatory life sentence for murder in favour of discretion at the sentencing stage demands close study by judges, lawyers, legislators, academics, penal reformers and anyone who senses that something is seriously amiss. 'This is no dry legal tome. The authors present their case in a bracing, persuasive and highly readable way... This is an important and stimulating work that should engage not just the legal practitioner, politician or law student but anyone concerned with our justice system or puzzled by the conduct and outcome of a murder trial': guardian.co.uk 'Fine Lines and Distinctions prompted me to pay more attention to and reflect further on those who have killed. Though its primary focus is the law - specifically a potentially significant improvement to the law - I also warmly recommend it to anyone interested in lifers': Independent Monitor 'This timely, provocative and certainly topical book puts forward a closely argued and well supported case for encouraging "a root and branch reform of the law of homicide" ... [and] provides ample evidence and ammunition to those who would agree that such a reform should be put in place as a matter of urgency': by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers.

Author : Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862879881
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homicide Law Reform in Victoria written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commissions Final Report recommended major changes to the law of homicide in Victoria and in 2005, the Victorian government responded to the 56 recommendations by implementing the largest package of homicide law reforms since the abolition of the death penalty.