In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defenses that reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary"...
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In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke...
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Battered woman syndrome (section In legal cases)
of provocation in English law with the loss of control defence. In addition to loss of control, diminished responsibility in English law is also an available...
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English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...
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In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea...
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Denial of a speedy trial – Deterrence – Diminished responsibility – Diminished responsibility in English law – Double jeopardy – Due process – Evidentiary...
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Intoxication defense (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
In criminal law, the intoxication defense is a defense by which a defendant may claim diminished responsibility on the basis of substance intoxication...
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Reforms "in relation to complicity in murder, diminished responsibility, provocation and infanticide"; Consultation on whether and in what way the law should...
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1774 Place of safety Approved Mental Health Professional Diminished responsibility in English law Mental Capacity Act 2005 Mental Health Act 1983 Mental...
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occurred in a state of diminished consciousness, with the diminished consciousness resulting in the diminished conscious control of behaviour. In other words...
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Abuse defense (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
of the idea that guilty people may use past victimization to diminish the responsibility for their crimes. When the abuser is the victim of the crime...
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Insanity defense (redirect from Sane (law))
diminished responsibility in England and Wales, whereas in Scotland it is a product of case law. The number of findings of diminished responsibility has...
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Irresistible impulse (category Mental health law)
(2002), "The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished ... there shall be no defense of ... diminished responsibility or irresistible impulse...
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English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales. Because of its heavy historical and social significance, land is usually seen as the...
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was to carry out the provisions of the act, reporting to the Poor Law Commissioners (in the case of workhouses) and to the Lord Chancellor. The first secretary...
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Homicide Act 1957 (category English criminal law)
strong potential defence of diminished responsibility due to previous, but not immediate, abuse by her victim, but as the law did not provide for such a...
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Mental Capacity Act 2005 (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
Department of Health summary Summary from direct.gov Easy Read Summary in Plain English Your statistical guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Factsheet 460:...
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Madhouses Act 1774 (redirect from Madhouse Law Perpetuation Act 1786)
miles of London, this would be the responsibility of the Royal College of Physicians; and outside that, magistrates in county towns. The bill passed the...
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Duty to retreat (section English law)
can be, superseded by any law of society." In English law the focus of the test is whether the defendant is acting reasonably in the particular situation...
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The law has therefore been reformed in many ways. One important reform, introduced in England and Wales by statute is the diminished responsibility defence...
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In law, provocation is when a person is considered to have committed a criminal act partly because of a preceding set of events that might cause a reasonable...
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Mental Deficiency Act 1913 (category Ableism in the United Kingdom)
certified under the Lunacy Laws... to report as to the amendments in the law or other measures which should be adopted in the matter". The Commission...
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and Mental Deficiency Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales) Other Diminished responsibility in English law Fixated Threat Assessment Centre...
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and Mental Deficiency Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales) Other Diminished responsibility in English law Fixated Threat Assessment Centre...
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Manslaughter (category Common law offences in Ireland)
described in the Homicide Act 1957 (diminished responsibility and a suicide pact; provocation was a third but this was replaced by loss of control in 2010)...
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Kiranjit Ahluwalia (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
trial) may indicate diminished mental responsibility. The film Provoked (2006) is a fictionalised account of Ahluwalia's life. In 1977, at the age of...
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concept) Dignity Dilemma Dimension Diminished capacity Diminished responsibility Diminished responsibility in English law Dimiter Skordev Dimitri Uznadze...
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Lunacy Act 1890 (category 1890 in British law)
Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...
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Mental Health Act 1983 (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
other related matters, forming part of the mental health law for the people in England and Wales. In particular, it provides the legislation by which people...
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Insanity in English law is a defence to criminal charges based on the idea that the defendant was unable to understand what he was doing, or, that he was...
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