Defences available to battered women who kill their abusers : a comparative analysis.
Private defence is the civilized remnant of the ancient system of private vengeance as redress for wrong done. The Romans, in permitting self-help formulated the principle moderatio inculpatae (moderation in self-defence) which the European jurists later relied upon to develop a coherent doctrine of...
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| Language: | en |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/533 |