Loss of control and diminished responsibility: domestic, comparative and international perspectives

"Provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general. The work includes contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions. Divided into two parts, the first provides an analysis from the perspective of the UK, looking at particular concerns such as domestic violence, revenge and mixed motive killings, and mistaken beliefs. The second part presents a comparative and international view to provide a wider background of how alternative systems treat issues of human frailty short of full insanity (loss of control, diminished responsibility) in the context of criminal law"--Page 4 of cover.

Introduction / Alan Reed and Michael Bohlander -- The new diminished responsibility plea : more than mere modernisation? / Ronnie Mackay -- The modern partial defence of diminished responsibility / Rudi Fortson -- Loss of self-control under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 : oh no! / Barry Mitchell -- The model of tolerance and self-restraint / Richard Taylor -- The serious wrong of domestic abuse and the loss of control defence / Jonathan Herring -- Loss of self-control : when his anger is worth more than her fear / Susan S.M. Edwards -- Feminism, "typical" women, and losing control / Neil Cobb and Anna Gausden -- Sexual infidelity killings : contemporary standardisations and comparative stereotypes / Alan Reed and Nicola Wake -- Killing in response to "circumstances of an extremely grave character" : improving the law on homicide / Jesse Elvin -- The view from Ireland / John E. Stannard -- Partial defences to murder in Scotland : an unlikely tranquility / James Chalmers -- Anglo-American perspectives on partial defences : something old, something borrowed, and something new / Alan Reed and Nicola Wake -- Provoking a range of responses : the provocation defence in British overse…