A comparative analysis of mental illness as a defence in criminal law
This dissertation deals with the comparative analysis of mental illness as a defence in criminal law. The mental illness / insanity defence is deemed applicable when the accused does not have mens rea or lacks criminal responsibility or is afflicted by the inability to appreciate the wrongfulness of...
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10948/843 |