{"product_id":"mental-conditions-defences-in-the-criminal-law-9780198259954","title":"Mental Conditions Defences in the Criminal Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): R. D. MacKay\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminal Procedure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMental 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon a wide variety of legal, psychiatric, and philosophical sources, this is a timely contribution to a controversial and complex topic.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614817304727,"sku":"9780198259954","price":16059.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198259954.webp?v=1775096657","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mental-conditions-defences-in-the-criminal-law-9780198259954","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}