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...
Auteur principal: | Goudkamp, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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