Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Mental Disorder, Sleepwalking, Partial Defence

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Criminal law lecture 4 summary: legal term, not medical term, now called suffering from a mental disorder , immaterial if accused had a/r and m/r: if mental disorder, then not criminally responsible. Appreciate (wider than know ) the nature and quality of the act: nature bare physical nature, quality e. g. , that it will cause death. Disposition at end of trial: can be held for indefinite period until found safe to release, custody reviewed periodically, possible to have outright release, insanity generally used only for most serious offences (murder) Automatism: a mind/body split dissociative state , conscious mind not directing the bodily movements, e. g. , reflex actions, moving in sleep, epileptic seizure, accused has neither m/r nor a/r (not a willed act , need medical evidence to support. 2 types of automatism: sane automatism, complete acquittal accused walks, insane automatism, dissociative state stems from a mental disorder disease of mind , treated under insanity rules.