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85. Partial defences to murder: provocation, diminished responsibility and infanticide

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Received:		17 March 1993
Discussion Paper 31:		Provocation, Diminished Responsibility and Infanticide, August 1993
Report 82:		Partial Defences to Murder: Diminished Responsibility, May 1997
		Tabled in Parliament 15 July 1997
Legislative action:		Crimes Amendment (Diminished Responsibility) Act 1997
Judicial citation:		Prosecutor v Delalic (United Nations, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, IT-96-21-A, 20 February 2001), [454] R v Lavender (2005) 218 ALR 521 (HC), [89] Clayton v The Queen [2006] HCA 58, [84]
Journal articles:		John Dawson, "Diminished responsibility: The difference it makes" (2003) 11 Journal of Law and Medicine 103
Report 83:		Partial Defences to Murder: Provocation and Infanticide, October 1997
		Tabled in Parliament (Legislative Council) 27 November 1997
Judicial Citation:		Davis v The Queen (1998) 100 ACrimR 573 Heron v The Queen (2003) 197 ALR 81 (HCA), [24] R v Yasso (2004) 10 VR 466 (CA), [43]