The body as excuse--biology, sex and crime: intersection of science, gender and law
Present Canadian legislation provides for only one gender-specific “defence” which appears in the Criminal Code as the crime of infanticide. English law recognizes severe Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) as a mitigating factor in charges of murder. No common law country has yet accepted PMS as a full...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5109 |