History of the Development of the Insanity Defence in the English Speaking World and its Influence in North America: Part 2
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Korona A, Rodriges NK, Kemeron K. [History of the Development of the Insanity Defence in the English Speaking World and its Influence in North America: Part 2]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2017;(4):73-78. Russian
Part 2 of this descriptive review explains several influential English landmark cases that contributed to the development of the M’Naghten Rule, followed by a description of the influence of this test of insanity in the English speaking world with an emphasis of its evolution in the Unites States and Canada.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24411/1560-957X-2017-1%25x
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