English law contains homicide offences – those acts involving the death of another person. For a crime to be considered homicide, it must take place after...

name of the offence associates with Scots law rather than English law. "Culpable homicide" offences are found in the following jurisdictions; the description...

Homicide is an act in which a human causes the death of another human. A homicide requires only a volitional act or an omission that causes the death...

In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea...

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is...

The concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law is a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide). Generally, there is a burden to...

In Canada, homicide is the act of causing death to another person through any means, directly or indirectly. Homicide can either be culpable or non-culpable...

culpability in involuntary manslaughter: Principle or instinct?". In Andrew Ashworth; Barry Mitchell (eds.). Rethinking English Homicide Law. Oxford University...

requirement: negligent homicide requires criminal negligence, while manslaughter requires recklessness. In the United Kingdom, common law gross negligent manslaughter...

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...