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Publication Year:
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2004
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Issuing Body:
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Great Britain Law Commission
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Title:
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Partial defences to murder
: report on a reference under section 3(1)(e) of the Law Commissions Act 1965
/ Stationery Office
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Date:
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20-08-2004
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Physical description:
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vi, 313p. 30 cm figs., tables
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Price:
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£28.90
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Publication etc:
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London Stationery Office 2004
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ISBN:
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0101630123
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Notes:
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Law Com. no. 290 Concerns the law and practice of the partial defences to murder provided for by sections 2 (diminished responsibility) and 3 (provocation) of the Homicide Act 1957, in particular with regard to the impact of these defences in the context of domestic violence; and whether there should be a partial defence to murder in circumstances in which the defendant, though entitled to use force in self-defence, killed in circumstances in which the defence of self-defence is not available because the force used was excessive See also the Law Commission (Consultation paper 173, ISBN 0117302597) published in October 2003
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Series reference:
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Cm. 6301
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Subject index terms:
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abs-law Murder: Partial defence: Law Commission reports Criminal justice: Murder: Partial defence: Law Commission reports
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Personal Author:
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Toulson Roger chairman
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Contact:
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