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| Sys. no. | 000698887 |
|---|---|
| Topical Term | Insanity (Law) |
| אי-שפיות (משפט) | |
| S.F. Topical Term | Criminal insanity |
| Insanity | |
| Insanity (Jurisprudence) | |
| Lunacy (Law) | |
| Mental illness -- Law and legislation Insanity (Law) | |
| Mentally ill -- Legal status, laws, etc. Insanity (Law) | |
| אי שפיות (משפט) | |
| S.A. Topical Term | Capacity and disability |
| Insanity defense | |
| Source Data Found | Black’s law dict. (insanity; lunacy see insanity) |
| American Heritage dict. ("Law a. Unsoundness of mind sufficient in the judgment of a civil court to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or to warrant commitment to a mental health facility. b. In most criminal jurisdictions, a degree of mental malfunctioning sufficient to relieve the accused of legal responsibility for the act commited.") | |
| Nolo.com Web site, May 24, 2007 (criminal insanity: a mental defect or disease that makes it impossible for a person to understand the wrongfulness of his acts or, even if he understands them, to distinguish right from wrong. Defendants who are criminally insane cannot be convicted of a crime, since criminal conduct involves the conscious intent to do wrong -- a choice that the criminally insane cannot meaningfully make.) | |
| Public Gen. Note | Here are entered works on the legal standard whereby persons with severe mental disorders are prevented from having legal capacity and are excused from criminal or civil responsibility. |
| Tracing Note | Notes under Mental health laws; Mental illness |
| Alma MMS ID | 987007553131405171 |