The Provocation Defense and the Nature of Justification

Authors

Marcia Baron, Indiana University

Abstract

In this Essay, I evaluate the evidence of "adequate nonprovocation” that Fontaine puts forward to show that the heat of passion defense is decidedly an excuse (more precisely, a partial excuse). I will be focusing my remarks on the traditional heat of passion defense.

Recommended Citation

Marcia Baron, The Provocation Defense and the Nature of Justification, 43 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 117 (2009).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol43/iss1/6