| Description |
xxiii, 198 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Homicide law reform in Victoria: retrospect and prospects / Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Arie Freiberg AM -- 1. The more things change the more they stay the same: homicide law reform in Victoria / The Hon Justice Marcia Neave AO -- 2. Legal culture, professional education and homicide law reform / Jenny Morgan -- 4. Homicide law reform, provicaiton and sentencing / Arie Freiberg AM, Karen Gleb and Felicity Stewart -- 5. The effects of the 2005 reforms on legal responses to women who kill intimate partners / Danielle Tyson, Debbie Kirkwood, Mandy McKenzie and Bronwyn Naylor -- 6. Social framework evidence: its interpretation and application in Victoria and beyond / Heather Douglas -- 7. When self-defence fails / Elizabeth Sheehy, Julie Stubbs and Julia Tolmie -- 8. The offence of defensive homicide: lessons learned from failed law reform / Kate Fitz-Gibbon -- 9. Simplifying homicide laws for complex situations / Greg Byrne PSM -- 10. Reform and codification of the law of homicide: reflections on the Victorian experience / Ian Leader-Elliott |
| Summary |
The Commissions Final Report recommended major changes to the law of homicide in Victoria and in 2005, the Victorian government responded to the 56 recommendations by implementing the largest package of homicide law reforms since the abolition of the death penalty |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-187) and index |
| Subject |
Homicide -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Law reform -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Law reform -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Legislative amendments -- Australia -- Victoria.
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| Author |
Fitz Gibbon, Kate, editor
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Freiberg, Arie, editor
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| ISBN |
9781862879881 |
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