Prevention of benefit from homicide: A critical analysis of the Law Reform Commission’s proposals
dc.contributor.author | Mee, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-05T11:43:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-04T20:25:16Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-05T11:43:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04 | en |
dc.date.updated | 2024-04-04T19:25:30Z | en |
dc.description.abstract | This article offers a critique of the Irish Law Reform Commission’s recent proposals on the prevention of benefit from homicide. A person who has committed murder or manslaughter could potentially benefit in various ways, eg through inheriting from the estate of his or her victim or through the operation of the right of survivorship in the context of a joint tenancy. Cases in the succession law context are currently governed by s 120(1) of the Succession Act 1965, while in other instances an analogous common law principle is applied. In principle, the idea of providing for a more detailed and comprehensive statutory regime is uncontroversial. However, as the article argues, the Law Reform Commission's proposal in this respect is defective in a number of ways. The article criticises the inclusion of attempted murder as one of the offences triggering the prevention of benefit principle, as well as the exclusion of those guilty of homicide as accessories and the treatment of persons who are unfit to be tried. In addition, the article criticises the Law Reform Commission's proposals in relation to joint tenancies on the basis that they go beyond what is necessary to prevent the offender from benefitting from the homicide. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Mee, J. (2016) 'Prevention of Benefit from Homicide: A Critical Analysis of the Law Reform Commission’s Proposals', Dublin University Law Journal, 39, pp. 203-227. | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 227 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0332-3250 | |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Dublin University Law Journal | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/15772 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 39 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Clarus Press; School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin | |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.dulj.ie/Volume-39_1_2016.html | |
dc.rights | © 2016. This is the accepted version of an article published in Dublin University Law Journal (DULJ), volume 39, issue 1: http://www.dulj.ie/Volume-39_1_2016.html | |
dc.subject | Irish Law Reform Commission | |
dc.subject | Succession law | |
dc.subject | Succession Act 1965 | |
dc.subject | Homicide | |
dc.title | Prevention of benefit from homicide: A critical analysis of the Law Reform Commission’s proposals | |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) |
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