| Mental Conditions Defences in the Criminal Law Contributor(s): MacKay, R. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198259956 ISBN-13: 9780198259954 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $204.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Procedure - Law | Criminal Law - General - Law | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 345.410 |
| LCCN: 95000632 |
| Lexile Measure: 1830 |
| Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.38" W x 9.5" (1.32 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mental condition defenses 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 defense within the criminal trial process. The author offers a detailed critical analysis of those defenses within the Criminal Law where the accused relies on some form of mental abnormality as a source of defense. Topics covered include: the defenses 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 defense 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. |
