Criminal liability for non-aggressive death /
Manslaughter is an extremely broad offence and it has a difficult task in ensuring that all those who warrant punishment for 'non-aggressive' deaths are convicted. Simultaneously, it should not be too broad in covering those who do not warrant punishment for such deaths. This collection ex...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA :
Ashgate,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Manslaughter is an extremely broad offence and it has a difficult task in ensuring that all those who warrant punishment for 'non-aggressive' deaths are convicted. Simultaneously, it should not be too broad in covering those who do not warrant punishment for such deaths. This collection examines criminal liability for non-aggressive death and puts forward possible alternatives to the current 'catch-all' offence of manslaughter. |
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Notas: | Most of the papers were presented at a conference on criminal liability for non-aggressive death, Leicester, England, April 2007. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780754690290 0754690296 1317157877 9781317157878 1317157869 9781317157861 1281721239 9781281721235 9786611721237 6611721231 |