Prevention of benefit from homicide: A critical analysis of the Law Reform Commission’s proposals

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dc.contributor.authorMee, John
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-05T11:43:48Z
dc.date.available2024-04-04T20:25:16Zen
dc.date.available2024-04-05T11:43:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-04en
dc.date.updated2024-04-04T19:25:30Zen
dc.description.abstractThis 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
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dc.identifier.citationMee, 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.endpage227
dc.identifier.issn0332-3250
dc.identifier.journaltitleDublin University Law Journal
dc.identifier.startpage203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15772
dc.identifier.volume39
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherClarus Press; School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin
dc.relation.urihttp://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.subjectIrish Law Reform Commission
dc.subjectSuccession law
dc.subjectSuccession Act 1965
dc.subjectHomicide
dc.titlePrevention of benefit from homicide: A critical analysis of the Law Reform Commission’s proposals
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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