Criminal liability for non-aggressive death /

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Imprint:Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
Description:xi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7238846
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Other authors / contributors:Clarkson, C. M. V. (Christopher M. V.)
Cunningham, Sally.
ISBN:9780754673347 (alk. paper)
0754673340 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Homicide reform and the changing character of legal thought
  • The limits of manslaughter
  • Whose luck is it anyway?
  • Corporate manslaughter: need for a special offence?
  • Vehicular homicide: need for a special offence?
  • Mum's not the word: an analysis of Section 5, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
  • Medical killing: need for a specific offence?
  • Dealing with drug-induced homicide
  • Manslaughter versus special homicide offences: an Australian perspective
  • 'Manslaughter': generic or nominate offences?
  • Index