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Murder and the Reasonable Man: Passion and Fear in the Criminal Courtroom - Critical America
Cynthia Lee
Murder and the Reasonable Man: Passion and Fear in the Criminal Courtroom - Critical America
Cynthia Lee
Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency.
384 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 1, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780814751169 |
Publishers | New York University Press |
Pages | 371 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 499 g |