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100			_aCato, Charles _9900
245			_aCriminal defences and battered defendants _cCato, Charles
260			_c2002
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520			_aThis 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.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aHOMICIDE _9297
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aLEGISLATION _9346
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
500			_aNew Zealand Law Journal Feb 2002 : 35-40
773	0		_tNew Zealand Law Journal Feb 2002 : 35-40
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