Download This PaperMental Impairment and the Law: A Report on the Operation of Part 8A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA)
Sentencing Advisory Council, Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia, November, 2014
271 Pages Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Date Written: January 2014
Abstract
This Report considers the law and practice relating to the defence of mental incompetence, and associated legal processes, under Part 8A of the South Australian Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935. The defence of mental incompetence concerns those who are considered not responsible under the criminal law due to a mental impairment.
Keywords: Mental illness, Mental Disorder, Sentencing, Criminal Law
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Walvisch, Jamie, Mental Impairment and the Law: A Report on the Operation of Part 8A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) (January 2014). Sentencing Advisory Council, Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia, November, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3233446
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