Provocation and responsibility
By: Jeremy Horder.
Series: [Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice]; Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Provocation (Criminal law) -- Great Britain -- History.; Criminal liability -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: A philosophical inquiry into the foundations of provocation as a defence to murder, this book draws on historical and philosophical sources not normally linked with criminal law. It seeks to explain why and when action in anger is thought morally less blameworthy than premeditated action.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203) and index.
Series statement from jacket.