Sex, culpability, and the defence of provocation
By: Danielle Tyson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Provocation (Criminal law); Justification (Law); Criminal liability (International law); Violence against Women; Defense (Criminal procedure)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Feminist dilemmas with the partial defence of provocation : international debates; title: Bridling scolds : insults, female sexuality, and the unruly woman; title: Legal narratives on trial : constructions of sex and culpability in provocation cases; title: Victoria's new homicide laws : provocative reforms or more stories of women "asking for it?"; title: Critical fictions : masculinities theory and challenges to men's violence against women.