Publsihed in 1998, this book examines the relationship between responsibility and criminal liability through an analysis of provocation and related criminal defences. The book should be of special interest to criminal lawyers, legal theorists and students interested in comparative criminal law and jurisprudence.

1. Introduction to the Theory of Justification and Excuse 2. Excusing Conditions and Criminal Liability 3. Homicide, Provocation and Culpability 4. Provocation as a Partial Excuse 5. Cumulative Provocation and Diminished Responsibility 6. Self-Defence, Provocation and Mistake of Fact 7. Concluding Note