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Author Lee, Cynthia, 1961-

Title Murder and the reasonable man : passion and fear in the criminal courtroom / Cynthia Lee.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  KF9246 .L44 2003    Available  ---
Description xii, 371 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index.
Contents Female infidelity -- Unreasonable women, gay men, and men of color -- Gay panic -- Culture and crime -- An overview of the doctrine of self-defense -- Race and self-defense -- Race and police use of deadly force -- The elusive meaning of reasonableness -- Toward a normative conception of reasonableness -- The act-emotion distinction.
Subject Self-defense (Law) -- United States.
Self-defense (Law)
United States.
Provocation (Criminal law) -- United States.
Provocation (Criminal law)
Murder -- United States.
Murder.
Judicial process -- Social aspects.
Judicial process -- Social aspects.
Judicial process.
ISBN 0814751156 cloth alkaline paper