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The three routes

The three routes

Route map showing when to consider insanity, non-insane automatism, or intoxication in criminal law Criminal liability usually needs both actus reus and mens rea. Mental capacity defences ask whether the defendant lacked understanding, lacked voluntary control, or failed to form the required mental state.

Mental capacity defences Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Law
  3. /Mental capacity defences