TY  - SER
AU  - Cato, Charles
TI  - Criminal defences and battered defendants
SN  - 0028-8373
U1  - TRVF 000078 
PY  - 2002///
KW  - FVC
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - HOMICIDE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
N1  - New Zealand Law Journal Feb 2002 : 35-40
N2  - This article presents a review of the Law Commission's 2001 report entitled "Some Criminal Defences with Particular Reference to Battered Defendants". The author provides a critique of the Law Commission's recommendations in the report, such as abolishing both mandatory life sentences and provocation as partial defence in cases of murder. The Commission rejects diminished responsibility as a defence for battered women who murder their abusive partner. The author proposes that self-defence, provocation as partial defence, and diminished responsibility remain as valid legal arguments for domestic violence victims who kill their abusive partner
ER  -