Mental State Defences in Criminal Law

Steven Yannoulidis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-27179-1 (ISBN)

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By defining appropriate boundaries for the defence of insanity and the doctrine of automatism, this book presents a consistent and principled approach to the reform of mental state defences. In particular, by undertaking an interdisciplinary analysis of the various factors that inform these defences the book concludes with several practical and robust reform proposals There are three objectives that underpin the suggested reform proposals. First, to ensure that an accused will be able to raise a defence of insanity for involuntary conduct arising from mental disorder even where he or she is aware of the nature and quality of such conduct. Second, to provide principled means by which to establish the criminal responsibility of an accused for conduct performed in a state of drug-induced psychosis. Third, to ensure that criminal conduct arising from a state of ’impaired consciousness’ does not automatically result in the outright acquittal of an accused. In articulating the competing demands that must be balanced in order to secure a principled approach to the reform of mental state defences the book will be of relevance to all common law countries.

Dr Steven Yannoulidis has both lectured and tutored in Criminal Law for several years at Monash University. Dr Yannoulidis's main research interest has been in the area of mental health law and criminal responsibility. He has been a Researcher with the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health at Monash University as well as a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Dr Yannoulidis's work has appeared in both national and international interdisciplinary journals devoted to the interrelationship between psychiatry, psychology and law.

Chapter 1 Introduction: General Themes, Reform, Chapter Outlines; Chapter 2 Mental-State Defences: Insanity and Automatism; Chapter 3 Disease of the Mind: Individual Justice and Societal Protection; Chapter 4 Drug-Use and the Defence of Insanity; Chapter 5 Volitional Insanity: Involuntariness, Injustice and Cognitive Impairment; Chapter 6 Involuntary Conduct: Defence of Impaired Consciousness; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Reform Proposals, Looking Forward;

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-138-27179-9 / 1138271799
ISBN-13	978-1-138-27179-1 / 9781138271791
Zustand	Neuware