Justification or Excuse? Exploring the Meaning of Provocation
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2009
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Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
This Article argues that the difference exists, and the internal logic and interplay of criminal rules and prohibitions determine the nature of a particular exculpatory claim. Illustrate this argument by discussing the meaning of the defense of provocation.
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Difference a justification and an excuse, Internal logic, Interplay of criminal rules and prohibitions, Exculpatory claim, Criminal defenses, Societal moral judgments, Morally distinguishable rationales for withholding punishment, Actor's culpability, Absence of the mitigating circumstance, Volitional versus cognitive capacity of perpetrator
Citation
Vera Bergelson, Justification or Excuse? Exploring the Meaning of Provocation, 42 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 307 (2009-2010)