Mitigating Murder

Andrew Cornford

doi:10.1007/s11572-014-9298-1

Mitigating Murder

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Abstract

In Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility, Alan Reed and Michael Bohlander collect a wide range of essays on the eponymous partial defences to murder. These essays provide detailed analysis of recent English reforms in this area and place these reforms in comparative perspective. This review considers the contribution made by this book to the explanation and evaluation of partial defences. It concentrates in particular on the exculpatory force of loss of control; the distinctness of loss of control from diminished responsibility; and the defences’ unique mitigatory effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-44
Journal	Criminal Law and Philosophy
Volume	10
Issue number	1
Early online date	15 Feb 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-014-9298-1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016

Keywords

Homicide
Partial defences
Loss of control
Provocation
Diminished responsibility

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Mitigating Murder

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