TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Anomalies of Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957
JO  - Journal of medical ethics
A1  - Kenny, A.
SP  - 24
EP  - 27
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -