Mental condition defence in the criminal law

Mental condition defenses have been used in several high-profile and controversial criminal trials in recent years. In this work, the author offers a detailed critical analysis of those defenses within British Criminal Law where the accused relies on some form of mental abnormality as a source of de...

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Autore principale: Mackay, R. D
Natura: Libro
Lingua:Undetermined
Pubblicazione: Oxford Clarendon Press 1995
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