Duress as a Defence to Murder

John Beaumont

Duress as a Defence to Murder

John Beaumont

Dalhousie Law Journal

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Abstract

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.

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Dalhousie Law Journal
Publication status	Published - Oct. 1 1976

Keywords

Murder
duress
defence
terrorist activity

Disciplines

Criminal Law

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Duress as a Defence to Murder

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