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‘Insanity and automatism: pleas for information’

Andrew Ashworth

In this Editorial of the journal, the need for an analysis of the practical operation of

insanity and non-insane automatism is reviewed. Much needed recommendations

for reform must be tailored to the results of the Law Commission consultation and

Scoping Paper.

[2012] 10 Crim LR 733

‘The structure of criminal defences’

William Wilson

To quote the author, this article seeks to answer this question: ‘How do we

construct criminal defences in such a way as to reconcile the needs of society on

the one hand and justice/fairness to the individual on the other?’

[2005] Crim LR 108