@article{ref1,
title="Anomalies of Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957",
journal="Journal of medical ethics",
year="1986",
author="Kenny, A.",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="24-27",
abstract="Section 2 of the 1957 Homicide Act is indefensible: the concept of 'mental responsibility' is a hybrid which turns the psychiatrist witness either into a thirteenth juryman or a spare barrister. But reform does not lie along the lines suggested by the Butler Committee or the Criminal Law Revision Committee. The latter leaves the jury with insufficient guidance; the former returns to the bad eighteenth century policy of treating mental illness not as a factor in determining responsibility but as a status exempting from responsibility. The much criticised McNaughton rules provide a sounder basis for deciding where responsibility should be assigned in criminal cases.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-6800",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}