Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study

The developments in medicine and the expansion of scientific research have proven that there are cases of mental retardation that do not lead to loss of consciousness or choice in full, but their effect depends on detracting from one or both, which results in the emergence of a range of mentally inj...

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Main Author: Nawfal Ali Abdullah Al-Safo
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Mosul College of Law 2005-12-01
Series:الرافدین للحقوق
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Online Access:https://alaw.mosuljournals.com/article_160457_d6bf50e31e6c064106b568039a4bb956.pdf
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description The developments in medicine and the expansion of scientific research have proven that there are cases of mental retardation that do not lead to loss of consciousness or choice in full, but their effect depends on detracting from one or both, which results in the emergence of a range of mentally injured mediate their intellectual property between the mind and its absence, that is, this community has its members a degree of discrimination does not reach the level of the wise and does not exist as in the case of the insane. This condition is known as mental retardation and is meant by lack of mind and shortness, and mental retardation at many levels, according to the IQ of mentally retarded, as it is on the types. Most criminal law scholars, as well as Islamic jurists, confuse madness with mental retardation and view both cases as being of the same substance, but medicine has shown that there is a difference between them in many ways.
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spelling doaj.art-37a33c9f76bf41a09fd938b472c22ce02022-12-22T02:41:44ZaraUniversity of Mosul College of Lawالرافدین للحقوق1819-17462664-27782005-12-01102624731410.33899/alaw.2005.160457160457Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative StudyNawfal Ali Abdullah Al-Safo0Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Mosul, Mosul, IraqThe developments in medicine and the expansion of scientific research have proven that there are cases of mental retardation that do not lead to loss of consciousness or choice in full, but their effect depends on detracting from one or both, which results in the emergence of a range of mentally injured mediate their intellectual property between the mind and its absence, that is, this community has its members a degree of discrimination does not reach the level of the wise and does not exist as in the case of the insane. This condition is known as mental retardation and is meant by lack of mind and shortness, and mental retardation at many levels, according to the IQ of mentally retarded, as it is on the types. Most criminal law scholars, as well as Islamic jurists, confuse madness with mental retardation and view both cases as being of the same substance, but medicine has shown that there is a difference between them in many ways.https://alaw.mosuljournals.com/article_160457_d6bf50e31e6c064106b568039a4bb956.pdfmental retardationcriminal responsibility
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title Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study
title_full Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study
title_fullStr Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study
title_short Mental retardation and its impact on criminal responsibility A Comparative Study
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