Moffa v R

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1977] HCA 14,1977-0304 HCA E
Date1977
Year1977
CourtHigh Court
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12 cases
  • DPP v Curran
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 14 December 2011
    ...36; [2005] Crim. L.R. 966. Bedder v. Director of Public Prosecutions [1954] 1 W.L.R. 1119; [1954] 2 All E.R. 801. Moffa v. The Queen (1977) 13 A.L.R. 225; (1977) 138 C.L.R. 601; (1977) 51 A.L.J. 403. The People v. MacEoin [1978] I.R. 27; (1978) 112 I.L.T.R. 53. The People (Attorney General)......
  • DPP v McNamara
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 26 June 2020
    ...criticism was expressed in the context of increasing divergence of cultural norms by Murphy J of the Australian High Court in Moffa v R (1977) 138 CLR 601, who at paragraph 11 of his judgment urged the complete dissolution of any requirement that the actions of the accused be judged against......
  • Public Prosecutor v Subir Gole
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Heron v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 8 April 2003
    ...206 at 214. 34 (1963) 111 CLR 610 at 628-632 per Dixon CJ, 660 per Windeyer J. 35 (1964) 111 CLR 665 at 680; [1964] AC 1369 at 1390. 36 (1977) 138 CLR 601 at 616-617 per Gibbs 37 (1995) 183 CLR 58 at 80 per McHugh J. 38 (1997) 191 CLR 334 at 387 per Gummow J (diss) and at 416 of my own reas......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Descent into Murder: Provocation's Stricture—The Prognosis for Women Who Kill Men Who Abuse Them
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 71-4, August 2007
    • 1 August 2007
    ...of the deceased. That such a series ofevents might cumulatively constitute provocation was the opinion expressed byGibbs J in Moffa v R (1977) 138 CLR 601 at 616, cited with approval by the HighCourt of Australia in Stingel v R (1990) 171 CLR 312 at 326. Whether such aprinciple could be suc......
  • The Implementation of Feminist Law Reforms
    • United Kingdom
    • Social & Legal Studies No. 26-2, April 2017
    • 1 April 2017
    ...VSCA 274.Holmes v DPP [1946] AC 588.Masciantonio v R (1995) 183 CLR 58.McPhee v R [2014] VSCA 156.Mocenigo v R [2013] VSCA 231.Moffa v R [1977] HCA 14.R v Aboujaber [1997] VSC 470.R v Ahmadi [2013] VSC 293.R v Azizi [2010] VSC 112.R v Baxter [2009] VSC 180.R v Bayram [2011] VSC 10.R v Brook......
  • The Provocation Predicament
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 9-2010, January 2010
    • 1 January 2010
    ...the time of the wrongful act and whether the provocation bears a reasonable relation to the amount of force used by the accused. 15 13 (1977) 13 ALR 225. 14 Ibid , p 242, per Murphy J. 15 People (DPP) v MacEoin , supra note 11, pp 34–35, per Kenny J Reaffirmed by Barrington J in People (DPP......
  • Homicide law reform and gender: Configuring violence
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology) No. 45-3, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...women: Redefining the issue of separation. MichiganLaw Review 90: 1–94.Masciantonio (1995) 183 CLR 58.Middendorp [2012] VSCA 47.Moffa (1977) 138 CLR 601.Morgan J (1997) Provocation law and facts: Dead women tell no tales, tales are told about them.Melbourne University Law Review 21: 237–276......

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