Defending the delusional, the irrational, and the dangerous

John Child; Hans Crombag; Robert Sullivan

Defending the delusional, the irrational, and the dangerous

John Child
, Hans Crombag
, Robert Sullivan

Birmingham Law School

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Abstract

Explores and critiques the substantive criminal law as it applies to delusional and irrational defendants, focusing on rules relating to intoxication, insanity, automatism and mistake. Uses the case of Taj [2018] EWCA Crim 1743; [2019] Crim. L.R. 167 to illustrate significant problems in this area, and criticises it for exacerbating many of them. Argues for specific common law clarifications.

Original language	English
Journal	Criminal Law Review
Early online date	10 Mar 2020
Publication status	Published - Apr 2020

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Keywords

Delusions
self-defence
insanity
mistake
Criminal Law

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Defending the delusional, the irrational, and the dangerous

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