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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782488203321

Titolo

Criminal liability for non-aggressive death [[electronic resource] /] / by Chris Clarkson and Sally Cunningham, [editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, USA, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-315-57482-9

1-317-15787-7

1-317-15786-9

1-281-72123-9

9786611721237

0-7546-9029-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarksonC. M. V (Christopher M. V.)

CunninghamSally

Disciplina

345.42/02525

Soggetti

Manslaughter - Great Britain

Criminal liability - Great Britain

Homicide - Great Britain

Negligence, Criminal - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Most of the papers were presented at a conference on criminal liability for non-aggressive death, Leicester, England, April 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Homicide reform and the changing character of legal thought / Jeremy Horder -- The limits of manslaughter / Victor Tadros -- Whose luck is it anyway? / R.A. Duff -- Corporate manslaughter : need for a special offence? / C.M.V. Clarkson -- Vehicular homocide : need for a special offence? / Sally Cunningham -- Mum's not the word : an analysis of Section 5, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 / Jonathan Herring -- Medical killing : need for a specific offence? / Oliver Quick -- Dealing with drug induced homicide / William Wilson -- Manslaughter versus special homicide offences : an Australian perspective / Stanley Yeo -- 'Manslaughter' : generic or nominate offences? / Andrew Ashworth.

Sommario/riassunto

Manslaughter is an extremely broad offence and it has a difficult task in ensuring that all those who warrant punishment for 'non-aggressive'



deaths are convicted. Simultaneously, it should not be too broad in covering those who do not warrant punishment for such deaths. This collection examines criminal liability for non-aggressive death and puts forward possible alternatives to the current 'catch-all' offence of manslaughter.