The Cambridge Law Journal

  • The Cambridge Law Journal (2005), 64 : pp 66-78
  • Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2005
  • DOI: 10.1017/S0008197305006781 (About DOI)
  • Published online: 08 April 2005

Table of Contents - 2005 - Volume 64, Issue 01  


Shorter Articles

POLICY AND PRINCIPLE IN DRUGS MANSLAUGHTER CASES

Rebecca Williams a1
a1 Robinson College, Cambridge.

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OVER the past 30 years, in a series of cases where one person has been in some way involved in the death of another from a drugs overdose, the courts have struggled to explain the basis on which the first person should be guilty of manslaughter. Two connected issues have arisen: where, as is normally the case, D has been charged with unlawful act, or constructive, manslaughter, an unlawful act on D’s part has had to be identified; and a chain of causation between D’s act and the death has had to be established.


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