Legislating the criminal code

involuntary manslaughter, item 11 of the 6th programme of law reform, criminal law

Great Britain: Law Commission (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

1996
Stationery Office Books (Verlag)
978-0-10-265296-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This report examines the criminal liability of those who kill without intending to cause death or serious injury. Recommendations include the creation of a new offence of reckless killing, and an offence of corporate killing, similar to the individual offence of killing by gross carelessness.

Inhalt

The different ways of committing "involuntary manslaughter" under the present law; what is wrong with the present law?; the moral basis of criminal liability for unintentionally causing death; proposals for reform; corporate manslaughter - the present law; provisional proposal in Consultation Paper No 135, and present view; a new offence of corporate killing; summary of recommendations. Appendices: draft involuntary homicide bill; involuntary manslaughter - sentencing; list of persons and organizations who commented on Consultation Paper No 135; list of those who assisted with the project after consultation had finished.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.1996
• Reihe/Serie: House of Commons Papers ; 1995-96 171
• Mitarbeit: Sonstige Mitarbeit: Henry Brooke
• Verlagsort: Norwich
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
• ISBN-10: 0-10-265296-1 / 0102652961
• ISBN-13: 978-0-10-265296-3 / 9780102652963
• Zustand: Neuware