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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beveridge, Anne Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5109