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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"criminal responsibility"”.
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Involuntary action and criminal responsibility.
… the concept of involuntary action in the criminal law. In particular it examines the defence of automatism. The discussion of the defence by the courts in England and Wales and jurisprudential commentary regarding involuntary action are considered. Present legal definitions of involuntary …
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Criminal responsibility of corporations in international law
Includes bibliographical references.
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The Politics and Practice of Individual Criminal Responsibility at the International Criminal Court
… study examines the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a legal institution functioning within international politics by analysing the influence of the international legal norms concerning individual criminal responsibility on the outcomes of ICC prosecutions. Much of the …
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THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES BY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
… underlying this thesis is the attribution of criminal responsibility when more than one individual is involved in the commission of an international crime. Imagine a business enterprise operating in a risky place and retaining a private military and security company. Imagine now that, while …
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Lay decision-making and the insanity defense: The impact of evidence, judicial instructions, case construals, and attitudes on attributions of criminal responsibility
… in jurisprudentially relevant cues affect responsibility judgments? Information reflecting two levels each of thought disorder, behavioral planfulness, and judicial instructions was varied to create a matrix of experimental vignettes which were administered to 145 undergraduate subjects in …
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Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development.
Criminal responsibility determines whom the law will punish. A person must be criminally responsible before a court can punish them. The situation is challenging when a defendant raises insanity as a defence to criminal responsibility, because not every case of insanity relieves an accused of …
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An analysis of psychological and legal conceptions of the defence of non-pathological criminal incapacity
… non-pathological factors playa role in negating criminal responsibility. Legal and mental health professionals are instrumental in the application of the defence, but both case law and literature reflect differences in the way in which the defence is understood and applied. Disagreement within …
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Papirkimo sudėties analizė /
… been analyzed. The second chapter is devoted for criminal legal evaluation of bribery crime. It forms the biggest part of the Master’s theses. In this chapter the bribery crime consolidated in CC Article 227 has been analyzed. The analysis of the article is presented following the traditional …
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Children and the Law: How Does Early Contact with Law Enforcement Predict Severity and Frequency of Offending Later in Life?
… samples of children before and after the age of criminal responsibility (age 12). The sample comprised 2,862 Canadians (1,732; 61% male and 1,123; 39% female) between the ages of 0 and 18, with law enforcement contact prior to the age of 12. A larger proportion of males in both the under 12 and …
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Consistency of the interpretation and implementation of command responsibility and its components in international criminal law
… interpretations and implementation of ‘command responsibility’ in international criminal law. It closely examines the development of command responsibility as a norm under international criminal law. It then scrutinises the consistency of interpreting and implementing this doctrine under the …
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human rights unlawful under international law?
… election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and government officials and for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. This thesis will assess whther …
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Psychopathy in South African criminal case law between 1947 and 1999: an exploration of the relationship between psychology and law
This study drew on South African criminal case reports containing judicial pronouncements on psychopathy between 1947 and 1999 to explore the historical relationship between psychology and the law. In criminal law, where mental illness is alleged, the issue of responsibility arises. During the …
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights unlawful under international law?
… election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and government officials and for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. This thesis will assess whether …
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A retrospective analysis of factors used to assess fitness to stand trial in adult male defendants referred for psychiatric observation
… ability to appreciate wrongfulness of action (criminal responsibility) at the time of the alleged offence. Fitness to stand trial is the focus of this review rather than criminal responsibility. In this instance, the court requests an expert to determine whether the defendant's current mental …
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Problémy trestního soudnictví nad mládeží
The issues of juvenile criminal justice The topic of this diploma thesis is the issues of juvenile criminal justice. Under the term juvenile criminal justice we mean special legislation of mixed (substantial as well as procedural) character, which applies to criminal responsibility, sanctioning and …
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Vaiko išnaudojimas pornografijai: baudžiamieji teisiniai ir kriminologiniai aspektai /
… is analyzed in this dissertation through legal criminal and criminological aspects. First of all the concept of the criminal act of exploitation of a child for the pornography is revealed, the tendencies of its developing and understanding of this phenomenon in the society are discussed, …
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Exploitation of a child for the pornography: legal criminal and criminological aspects /
… is analyzed in this dissertation through legal criminal and criminological aspects. First of all the concept of the criminal act of exploitation of a child for the pornography is revealed, the tendencies of its developing and understanding of this phenomenon in the society are discussed, …
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Madness as the Foundation of Non-Culpability
… and significance when deliberating on someone’s criminal responsibility. Methods Initially some central notions were conceptually analysed. The next step consisted of interviews with Swedish forensic psychiatric patients (n=46) and professionals (n=150). Patients were asked to describe their …
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Legitimate and Contested: How States Respond to International Norms
… of humanitarian intervention and international criminal responsibility and by studying how these norms influence their policy-making. During the 1999 NATO intervention against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, both countries invoked the norm of humanitarian intervention. In contrast, during …
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