Mental Condition Defences in the Criminal Law
by
R. D. Mackay
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
ISBN-10
0198259956
ISBN-13
9780198259954
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 9th, 1995
Print length
274 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.50 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Criminal law & procedure
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Mental abnormality is becoming an increasingly important yet complex source of defence within the criminal trial process. This book contains a timely discussion of how the criminal law treats and applies defences such as insanity and diminished responsibility.
Mental condition defences have been used in several high-profile and controversial criminal trials in recent years. indeed, mental abnormality is increasingly an important yet complex source of defence within the criminal trial process.The author offers a detailed critical analysis of those defences within the Criminal Law where the accused relies on some form of mental abnormality as a source of defence. Topics covered include: the defences of automatism, insanity, diminished responsibility, and infanticide; self-induced incapacity; and the doctrine of fault. It also includes a chapter on unfitness to plead, which although not a defence has been included because of its important relationship to mental disorder within the criminal process.Drawing upon a wide variety of legal, psychiatric, and philosophical sources, this is a timely contribution to a controversial and complex topic.
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