Provocation As A Defence To The Crime Of Murder Under Common And Islamic Law

ABSTRACT Major legal systems across the globe have evolved rules and principles for dealing with various situations. These situations are inclusive of different legal concepts like marriages, inheritance, offences etc. The rules and regulations are either man-made or divine as it exist under the common law and Islamic law respectively. Thus, it is conceivable that different legal system will proffer different ways of dealing with the same legal concept. The offence of murder is no exception in this regard as the common law has its own stipulations that considerably differs from what obtains un…