Mental Conditions Defences in the Criminal Law

Name: Mental Conditions Defences in the Criminal Law
Brand: OUP Oxford
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By Mackay, R. D.

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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 course of defence within the criminal trial process. In this timely study, Professor Mackay offers a detailed critical analysis of these defences within the Criminal Law where the accused relies on some form of mental abnormality as a source of defence/negotiation. 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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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 276
Release Date:: 1996-01-04
Publication Date:: 1995-09-11
Publisher:: OUP Oxford
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0198259956
ISBN13:: 9780198259954
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Weight:: 581 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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