Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation

By: Danielle Tyson

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Paperback | 12 July 2012 | Edition Number 1

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The partial defence of provocation is one of the most controversial doctrines within the criminal law. It has now been abolished in a number of international jurisdictions. Addressing the trajectory of debates about reform of the provocation defence across different jurisdictions, Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation considers the construction and representation of subjectivity and sexual difference in legal narrations of intimate partner homicide. Undeniably, the most vexing exculpatory cultural narrative of our times is that of a woman 'asking for it'. This book explores how the process of judgment in a criminal trial involves not only the drawing of inferences from the facts of a particular case, but also operates to deliver a narrative. Law, it is argued, constructs a narrative of how the female body incites male violence. And, pursuing an approach that is informed by socio-legal studies, literary theory and feminist theories of the body, Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation considers how this narrative is constructed via a range of discursive practices that position woman as a threat to masculine norms of propriety and autonomy. Once we have a clear understanding of the significance of narrative in legal decision-making, we can then formulate textual strategies of resistance to the violence of law's victim-blaming narratives by rewriting them.

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Introduction
Feminist Dilemmas with the Partial Defence of Provocation: International Debates
Bridling Scolds: Insults, Female Sexuality and the Unruly Woman
Legal Narratives on Trial: Constructions of Sex and Culpability in Provocation Cases
Victoria's New Homicide Laws: Provocative reforms or More Stories of Women 'Asking For It'?
Critical Fictions: Masculinities Theory and Challenges to Men's Violence Against Women; Conclusion: The Importance of Rereading and Rewriting; Bibliography; Index
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