Development of recongition of transsexual marriage in Australia
, Final Report (2004) has recommended that %26ldquo;the partial defence of provocation should be abolished%26rdquo; and that %26ldquo;the partial excuse of diminished responsibility should not be introduced in Victoria%26rdquo;. %26ldquo;Gender bias%26rdquo; in the operation of these %26ldquo;partial defences%26rdquo; was one of the reasons given for both of these recommendations. Do you think the %26ldquo;gender bias%26rdquo;argument justifies the Commission’s recommendations? Introduction Provocation is one of the most common defence raise by the accused in domestic homic