Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development.
(2022)
Thesis
EZE, K.U. 2022. Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071637
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 ev... Read More about Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development..