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Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont Oct 1976

Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont

Dalhousie Law Journal

It is perhaps not surprising that in an age which has witnessed an ever increasing amount of terrorist activity, an opportunity should arise for the courts to examine the present status of the defence of duress in the criminal law. Such an opportunity was afforded to the House of Lords recently in Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v. Lynch.


Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont Oct 1976

Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont

Dalhousie Law Journal

It is perhaps not surprising that in an age which has witnessed an ever increasing amount of terrorist activity, an opportunity should arise for the courts to examine the present status of the defence of duress in the criminal law. Such an opportunity was afforded to the House of Lords recently in Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v. Lynch.


Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont Oct 1976

Duress As A Defence To Murder, John Beaumont

Dalhousie Law Journal

It is perhaps not surprising that in an age which has witnessed an ever increasing amount of terrorist activity, an opportunity should arise for the courts to examine the present status of the defence of duress in the criminal law. Such an opportunity was afforded to the House of Lords recently in Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland v. Lynch.


Recent Developments In Criminal Law In Nova Scotia, Jim Ortego, M. R. Goode Jul 1976

Recent Developments In Criminal Law In Nova Scotia, Jim Ortego, M. R. Goode

Dalhousie Law Journal

Judicial examination of the criminal process in Canada generally, and Nova Scotia in particular continues to grow. The consequent explosion of technical law, which some would regard as an implosion, places the academic writer on the horns of a dilemma when faced with the task of reviewing recent developments in the Nova Scotia criminal process. On the one hand, the writer may compress and omit detail in order to cover adequately developments in such widely disparate areas as murder and power to arrest. On the other hand, coverage may be sacrificed to detailed discussion of the law and its implications …