Mental state defences in criminal law
By: by Steven Yannoulidis
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781409446453; 9781409446460
Subjects: Insanity defense
Description: By presenting an interdisciplinary analysis of various factors which inform mental state defences in criminal law, this book provides several practical and robust reform proposals. By exploring appropriate boundaries for the defence of insanity and the doctrine of automatism, this book suggests a consistent and principled approach to the reform of mental state defences. In illustrating the competing demands which must be balanced in order to secure such an approach to the reform of mental state defences, this book shows its relevance to all common law countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : general themes, reform, chapter overview; title: Mental state defences : insanity and automatism; title: "Disease of the mind": individual justice and societal protection; title: Drug-use and the defence of insanity; title: Volitional insanity : involuntariness, injustice, and cognitive impairment; title: Involuntary conduct : defence of "impaired consciousness"; title: Conclusion : summary.