'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder

dc.contributor.advisorLeeman, I
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Stanley
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T12:45:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T12:45:09Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.date.updated2023-09-27T12:42:42Z
dc.description.abstractThe concept of statutory "extenuating circumstances" was' introduced into the South African criminal law of murder. 1935 in _tile use of those two words alone. It was left to the course, without any further legislative aid, to provide the definition, structure, and development of the concept. Over the· period of more than forty years there has been), ·no -written attempt to survey or deal at any length this development. Beside legal textbooks which give some brief rough grouping of certain of the cases . I (E.M PM A Hunt, South African Criminal law and procedure, Volume II allo6ates ten pages - the most detailed textbook handling of the matter so far there have been two , -c ' articles 1.n law journals ( one by ,the present writer in 195·5 and Loubser in 1977) which have attempted a form· 9f analysis or development of the subject. This thesis is in the nature of, pilot study along a certain line approach in an attempt to order the appropriate material. No entry has been made into the discussion of the substantive legal concepts in the law of murder or any ease of contention there, even though these may have been referred to in passing. Rather have the generally accepted '/ statements of the substantive law been accepted. What i's sough to be dealt with is the limited area of the relevance application of certain considerations appropriate only to the :sentencing function in cases where an accused is found guilty: if murder in South Africa. But even this limited·· .ficid of study has a dynamic broadness about it which ass6ciates with other disciplines such as ethics, anthropology, psychiatry and other psycho-social sciences.
dc.identifier.apacitationEvans, S. (1980). <i>'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEvans, Stanley. <i>"'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 1980. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEvans, S. 1980. 'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder. . ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Evans, Stanley AB - The concept of statutory "extenuating circumstances" was' introduced into the South African criminal law of murder. 1935 in _tile use of those two words alone. It was left to the course, without any further legislative aid, to provide the definition, structure, and development of the concept. Over the· period of more than forty years there has been), ·no -written attempt to survey or deal at any length this development. Beside legal textbooks which give some brief rough grouping of certain of the cases . I (E.M PM A Hunt, South African Criminal law and procedure, Volume II allo6ates ten pages - the most detailed textbook handling of the matter so far there have been two , -c ' articles 1.n law journals ( one by ,the present writer in 195·5 and Loubser in 1977) which have attempted a form· 9f analysis or development of the subject. This thesis is in the nature of, pilot study along a certain line approach in an attempt to order the appropriate material. No entry has been made into the discussion of the substantive legal concepts in the law of murder or any ease of contention there, even though these may have been referred to in passing. Rather have the generally accepted '/ statements of the substantive law been accepted. What i's sough to be dealt with is the limited area of the relevance application of certain considerations appropriate only to the :sentencing function in cases where an accused is found guilty: if murder in South Africa. But even this limited·· .ficid of study has a dynamic broadness about it which ass6ciates with other disciplines such as ethics, anthropology, psychiatry and other psycho-social sciences. DA - 1980 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Law of murder LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1980 T1 - 'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder TI - 'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEvans S. 'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder. []. ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 1980 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38901en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Criminology
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.subjectLaw of murder
dc.title'Extenuating circumstances' in the South African law of murder
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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