Insanity as a Tort Defence

Unlike the criminal law, tort law does not recognize insanity as an answer to liability. The fact that a defendant was insane at the time of his impugned conduct is essentially ignored by tort law's liability rules. It will be argued that this situation is unsatisfactory. A person should not in...

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Autor principal: Goudkamp, J
Formato: Journal article
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2011