Homicide Law Reform

in Victoria: Prospects and Retrospect    2014 marks a decade since the release of the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Defences to Homicide: Final Report, which laid the foundations for wholesale reform to the Victorian law of homicide.

This conference will provide an opportunity for leading scholars, practitioners and stakeholders to critically examine the Victorian experience of reform and to provide a comprehensive insight into the genesis, process and outcomes of homicide law reform from an Australian and international perspective.

This is a controversial area of the law that continues to animate scholarly discussion and present challenges in practice both in Australia and in other jurisdictions worldwide. The two-day conference will cover a range of topics including:

• The political need for reform • The role of the Victorian Law Reform Commission • Sentencing practices for homicide offences post-reform • Social framework evidence • Legal responses to women who kill an intimate partner • The viability of alternative offences and partial defences to murder • Legal culture and professional education • Future challenges and new directions for law reform. Confirmed speakers include national and international experts on the law of homicide and its reform.

This conference is co-convened by Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Deakin University) and Emeritus Prof Arie Freiberg (Monash University). For further information on the conference and how to registration please see: http://www.law.monash.edu/about-us/events/homicide-law-reform

Register before 1 June 2014 to enjoy early bird registration rates!  

The conference will be held at the

Monash University Law Chambers on Friday 15th & Saturday 16th August 2014.

For all

enquiries, please email: k.fitzgibbon@ deakin.edu.au