| Description |
1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1 Introduction: General Themes, Reform, Chapter Outlines; 2 Mental-State Defences: Insanity and Automatism; 3 Disease of the Mind: Individual Justice and Societal Protection; 4 Drug-Use and the Defence of Insanity; 5 Volitional Insanity: Involuntariness, Injustice and Cognitive Impairment; 6 Involuntary Conduct: Defence of Impaired Consciousness; 7 Conclusion: Reform Proposals, Looking Forward; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Insanity defense -- Australia
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Criminal law.
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Criminal Law
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criminal law.
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Insanity defense
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Australia |
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012021242 |
| ISBN |
9781409446460 |
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1409446468 |
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140944645X |
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9781409446453 |
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9781282165427 |
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1282165429 |
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9781315595016 |
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131559501X |
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