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

Contributor(s): Clarkson, C. M. V. (Christopher M. V.) | Cunningham, Sally | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, c2008Description: xi, 256 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Manslaughter -- Great Britain | Criminal liability -- Great Britain | Homicide -- Great Britain | Negligence, Criminal -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.42/02525 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.