Shifting grounds of criminal liability : justification and excuse in the theory of provocation
This thesis examines the fundamental distinction between justification and excuse in the theory of criminal law as it figures in relation to the partial defence of provocation. It is argued that, by contrast with German and other Continental criminal law systems, the distinction between justificatio...
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University of Edinburgh
1991
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.659675 |