01862    a2200289   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001500151072001600166072001300182072001300195072001400208072002100222072002100243072002000264100002300284245004200307250000600349260003200355300001000387520117500397131709730020250317111622.0250312042016GB                   eng    a9781317097303  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 55.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aLNF2thema7 aJKV2thema7 aLNTM2thema7 aLNF2bic7 aJKV2bic7 aLNTM2bic7 aSOC0040002bisac7 aLAW0000002bisac7 a345.94042bisac1 aSteven Yannoulidis10aMental State Defences in Criminal Law  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160422  a248 p  bBy defining appropriate boundaries for the defence of insanity and the doctrine of automatism, this book presents a consistent and principled approach to the reform of mental state defences.  In particular, by undertaking an interdisciplinary analysis of the various factors that inform these defences the book concludes with several practical and robust reform proposals  There are three objectives that underpin the suggested reform proposals. First, to ensure that an accused will be able to raise a defence of insanity for involuntary conduct arising from mental disorder even where he or she is aware of the nature and quality of such conduct. Second, to provide principled means by which to establish the criminal responsibility of an accused for conduct performed in a state of drug-induced psychosis. Third, to ensure that criminal conduct arising from a state of ’impaired consciousness’ does not automatically result in the outright acquittal of an accused. In articulating the competing demands that must be balanced in order to secure a principled approach to the reform of mental state defences the book will be of relevance to all common law countries.