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Defences to Homicide

Reform Document: 
Y
Agency: 
Victorian Law Reform Commission
Doc Type: 
Issues Paper
Collation: 
x, 129 p.
Year: 
2002
Month: 
Jun 11, 2002
ISN: 
957967853
Rec'd: 
Jul 5, 2002
Subjects: 
criminal law and procedure; criminal liability; defences; crimes; offences against the person; homicide; murder; diminished responsibility
Keywords: 
defence; homicide; diminished responsibility; justification; confrontation; self-defence; provocation; sexual; intimacy; duress; necessity; excuse; mental; impairment; infanticide; prosecution; sentencing; murder; manslaughter
Jurisdiction: 
Australia, Victoria
Num: 
6837
Verified: 
5.3
Box Number: 
53A
Box Name: 
Victorian LRC
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