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Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law

Year: 2000

Type: dissertation

Abstract: 1. Preliminaries. 2. The Theory of Justification and Excuse. 3. Psychiatric Aspects of Mitigation. 4. How Can Mental States Excuse? 5. What Does the Law Allow to Excuse? 6. Drawbacks of the Present Provision. 7. Alternatives to the Present Provision. Cases Cited. References. Index.

Source: OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)

Author: Alec Buchanan

Language: English

Topic: Criminal Law and Policy

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W603990920

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Cited by: 7

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