Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law

The author explains the basic elements of the general concept of crime in the United States: 1) objective - actus, reus and 2) subjective - mens rea. The article also summarily explains those legal bases or standings of the exclusion of the criminal act or criminal liability in the US criminal law....

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Main Author: Škulić Milan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade 2015-01-01
Series:NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8872/2015/0354-88721502001S.pdf
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description The author explains the basic elements of the general concept of crime in the United States: 1) objective - actus, reus and 2) subjective - mens rea. The article also summarily explains those legal bases or standings of the exclusion of the criminal act or criminal liability in the US criminal law. The paper particularly explains insanity and intoxication in the USA criminal law and analyzes similarities and differences regarding insanity and intoxication in the Serbian criminal law. The author concludes that there are significant similarities, but also big differences between these criminal law institutions and mechanisms in the USA and Serbia. The basic difference results from the essential criminal procedure law rules which in the USA are related to the burden of proof of defenses in substantial criminal law point of view.
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spelling doaj.art-10df60d165f24a2bba9ca7a6eef28f782022-12-21T21:27:35ZengUniversity of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, BelgradeNBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija0354-88722620-04062015-01-012021250354-88721502001SInsanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal lawŠkulić Milan0Pravni fakultet, BeogradThe author explains the basic elements of the general concept of crime in the United States: 1) objective - actus, reus and 2) subjective - mens rea. The article also summarily explains those legal bases or standings of the exclusion of the criminal act or criminal liability in the US criminal law. The paper particularly explains insanity and intoxication in the USA criminal law and analyzes similarities and differences regarding insanity and intoxication in the Serbian criminal law. The author concludes that there are significant similarities, but also big differences between these criminal law institutions and mechanisms in the USA and Serbia. The basic difference results from the essential criminal procedure law rules which in the USA are related to the burden of proof of defenses in substantial criminal law point of view.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8872/2015/0354-88721502001S.pdfthe general notion of criminal offenseinsanityintoxicationcriminal lawcomparative lawthe united states of americaserbia
spellingShingle Škulić Milan
Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija
the general notion of criminal offense
insanity
intoxication
criminal law
comparative law
the united states of america
serbia
title Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
title_full Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
title_fullStr Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
title_full_unstemmed Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
title_short Insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of America: Similarities and differences in relation to the Serbian criminal law
title_sort insanity and intoxication in the criminal law of the united states of america similarities and differences in relation to the serbian criminal law
topic the general notion of criminal offense
insanity
intoxication
criminal law
comparative law
the united states of america
serbia
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8872/2015/0354-88721502001S.pdf
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