A lesser species of homicide : death, drivers and the law / Kerry King.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

There has been a dearth of longitudinal attention to the prosecution of 'road traffic deaths' in Australia and worldwide, surprising given more than 50 million people have died or been killed to date. Globally, the 'road toll' is estimated at 1.35 million per year. Almost all of those deaths are attributable to some form of human error. A Lesser Species of Homicide examines the shifting nexus where human error, fault, act or omission meet the question of criminal liability.

Introduction : law, 'accidents' and the 'road toll' -- Ch. 1. Manslaughter and negligent driving causing death, 1946-1974 : increasing the scope of liability, conflating the test of negligence -- Ch. 2. An overview of Supreme Court trials, 1946-1974 : indictments, verdicts and trends in sentencing -- Ch. 3. Supreme Court trials, 1946-1974 : key emerging themes -- Ch. 4. One for the road, 1946-1974 : drinking, driving and criminal negligence -- Ch. 5. Killing them softly, 1946-1974 : the deaths of pedestrians and cyclists -- Ch. 6. Dangerous driving causing death and the Road Traffic Act 1974 : freeing the Crown from the bonds of negligence? -- Ch. 7. Reconsidering Laporte v R and the maximum imposable penalty, 1970-2004 -- Ch. 8. Jess' law, 2004 : the 015% deeming provision, the causative nexus and aggravated dangerous driving causing death -- Ch. 9. After Jess : reflecting the value of human life? : 'Ordinary' versus aggravated dangerous driving causing death -- Ch. 10. A new offence -- careless driving causing death -- and another law for another girl -- Charlotte's law -- Conclusion : a lesser species of homicide -- Appendices -- Table A1 : Supreme Court indictments, 1946-1974 : cases of interest with sampled files marked -- Table A2 : Convictions and sentences, 1976-194 : vehicular manslaughter and negligent driving causing death -- Table A3 : Supreme Court indictments, 1975-1981 : cases of interest with sampled files marked.

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