Moffa v R
Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
Neutral Citation | [1977] HCA 14,1977-0304 HCA E |
Date | 1977 |
Year | 1977 |
Court | High Court |
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12 cases
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DPP v Curran
...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)......
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DPP v McNamara
...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......
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Heron v R
...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
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Descent into Murder: Provocation's Stricture—The Prognosis for Women Who Kill Men Who Abuse Them
...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......
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The Implementation of Feminist Law Reforms
...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......
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The Provocation Predicament
...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......
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Homicide law reform and gender: Configuring violence
...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......