Diminished Responsibility in UK Law
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Psychiatric evidence in Diminished Responsibility
Diminished Responsibility is a statutory partial defence to the charge of murder in the Homicide Act 1957 which has been amended by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. In R v Brennan, the Court of A...
- Diminished Responsibility: Psychological Injury
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Recognising Acute Intoxication as Diminished Responsibility? A Comparative Analysis
This article provides an analysis of the extent to which acute intoxication may or may not satisfy the ‘recognised medical condition’ requirement under s. 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, as amended by ...
- Diminished Responsibility—Satisfactory Developments
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Introducing a New Diminished Responsibility Defence for England and Wales
A divisive law from the outset, the diminished responsibility defence has continued to arouse criticism since its inception over fifity years ago under section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957. Increasin...
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Pragmatism Preserved? The Challenges of Accommodating Mercy Killers in the Reformed Diminished Responsibility Plea
This article examines the operation of the reformed English diminished responsibility plea in mercy killer cases. In particular, it makes three claims. First, it predicts that—like its predecessor—...
- “Diminished Responsibility” in Theory and Practice
- Diminished Responsibility: No Defence without Evidence
- The Uncertain Medical Origins of Diminished Responsibility
- Psychiatry and the New Diminished Responsibility Plea: Uneasy Bedfellows?
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