Homicide in criminal law : a research companion edited by Alan Reed

List of contributors Preface Introduction Part 1 1 The mandatory sentence and the case for second degree murder JEREMY HORDER2 Killings short of murder: Examining culpable homicide in Scots law CLAIRE MCDIARMID3 Reforming English homicide law: Fair labelling questions and comparative answers MATTHEW GIBSON AND ALAN REED4 The current state of murder in English law: A critique, wrong turns and all J.J. CHILD AND G.R. SULLIVAN5 'Loss of self-control': The cultural lag of sexual infidelity and the transformative promise of the fear defenceSUSAN S.M. EDWARDS6 Diminished responsibility: A limited partial defence to murder RUDI FORTSON QC7 Causing death SALLY KYD8 The termination of pregnancy and the criminal law JONATHAN HERRING9 Homicide and the vulnerable subject of criminal law CLAIRE DE THAN AND JESSE ELVIN10 Recording murder: videos depicting homicide and the law ALISDAIR A. GILLESPIEPart 2 11 South Africa GERHARD KEMP12 United States of America VERA BERGELSON13 Germany KAI AMBOS AND STEFANIE BOCK14 New Zealand JULIA TOLMIE15 The Netherlands ERIK GRITTER16 Turkey MURAT OENOK17 Islamic law MOHAMMAD HEDAYATI-KAKHKI18 Sweden MAGNUS ULVANG