Taunts, Chapati Pans and the Case of the Reasonable Glue-Sniffer: An Examination of the Normative Test in Provocation after Smith and Holley

8 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2009

Date Written: January 28, 2007

Abstract

English criminal law maintains an exculpatory doctrine for defendants who kill upon provocation. The article examines the normative test in provocation following the House of Lords' recent decisions in R v. Morgan Smith and Attorney-General for Jersey v. Holley, in light of the Law Commission's recent proposals to reform the law of fatal offences against the person.

Keywords: criminal law, provocation, murder, offences against the person

Suggested Citation

von Csefalvay-Bartal, Kristof Zoltan, Taunts, Chapati Pans and the Case of the Reasonable Glue-Sniffer: An Examination of the Normative Test in Provocation after Smith and Holley (January 28, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1334048 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1334048

Kristof Zoltan Von Csefalvay-Bartal (Contact Author)

University of Oxford - University College ( email )

High Street
Oxford, OX1 4BH
United Kingdom

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