Homicide law in comparative perspective / edited by Jeremy Horder.

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Publication details:
Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2007.
Record id:
59382
Series:
Criminal law library series ; 6.
Subject:
Homicide -- Law and legislation.
Comparative law.
Contents:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Jeremy Horder and David Hughes
Jeremy Horder
J R Spencer
Antje du Bois-Pedain
Claire Finkelstein
Winifred Holland
Ian Leader-Elliott
Victor Tadros
Stanley Yeo. Comparative issues in the law of homicide / The changing face of the law of homicide / Intentional killings in French law / Intentional killings: the German law / Two models of murder: patterns of criminalisation in the United States / Murder and related issues: an analysis of the law in Canada / Recklessness and moral dessication in the Australian law of murder / The Scots law of murder / Fault for homicide in Singapore /
Summary:
The recent proposed and implemented changes and reforms in homicide laws around the world have inspired the contributors to this volume to examine key aspects of the law of homicide in their jurisdictions.
Note:
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781841136967
Phys. description:
xxiii, 239 p. ; 24 cm