Partial defences to murder: provication, diminished responsibility and infanticide
Reference received: 17 March 1993
Reports
Report 82: Partial Defences to Murder: Diminished Responsibility [PDF, 387Kb], May 1997
Tabled in parliament: 15 July 1997
Legislative action: Crimes Amendment (Diminished Responsibility) Act 1997
Judicial citation: Prosecutor v Delalic (United Nations, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, IT-96-21-A, 20 February 2001) [454]; R v Lavender (2005) 218 ALR 521 (HC) [89]; Clayton v The Queen [2006] HCA 58 [84]
Journal articles: John Dawson, "Diminished responsibility: The difference it makes" (2003) 11 Journal of Law and Medicine 103
Report 83: Partial Defences to Murder: Provocation and Infanticide [PDF, 480Kb], October 1997
Tabled in parliament: 27 November 1997
Judicial citation: Davis v The Queen (1998) 100 ACrimR 573; Heron v The Queen (2003) 197 ALR 81 (HCA) [24]; R v Yasso (2004) 10 VR 466 (CA) [43]
Discussion paper
Discussion Paper 31: Provocation, Diminished Responsibility and Infanticide, August 1993
Judicial citation: Sun-Rype Products Ltd v Archer Daniels Midland Company (Unreported, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Herold J, 11 September 2008) [70]
Terms of reference
- To review the partial defences of infanticide, provocation and diminished responsibility under s 22A, 23 and 23A of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) respectively;
- To develop proposals for reform and clarification of the substantive elements of the defences.