Automatism as a Defence in Criminal Law

Automatism as a Defence in Criminal Law- Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Cases
Statutes
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1: Automatism: What is it?
	Definitions of automatism
	Parasomnia trials
Chapter 2: Legal aspects of automatism
	Legal history
	Legal principles
	Bars to the defence of automatism
	Case law
	Operation of the automatism defence
Chapter 3: Medical aspects of automatism
	Medicolegal automatism
	Medicolegal assessment
Chapter 4: Specific causes of automatism
	Sleep disorders
	Hypoglycaemia
	Neurological/neuropsychiatric
	Cardiovascular
	Psychiatric
	Malingering/amnesia
	Miscellaneous
Chapter 5: Criminal law theory
	Justification of the automatism defence
	Classification of the automatism defence
	The act requirement
	Connection between mens rea and actus reus
	Theoretical issues in automatism
	Involuntariness versus irresistible impulse
	Denial of mens rea with a “disease of mind”
	De facto categorization on the basis of continuing
dangerousness
	Automatism and strict liability
	Criminal responsibility
	Ownership and psychological continuity
	Intention and automatism
	Disinhibition
	Alcohol and sleepwalking: the legal question
Chapter 6: Expert evidence
	Complex behaviour
	Assessment of forensic parasomnic episodes
	Duties of an expert witnes
	Admissibility
	Reliability criteria and the gatekeeper function
	Difficulties with biomedical evidence
	Application of expert evidence on forensic sleep disorders
	The courts and junk science
	Controversies in expert evidence: alcohol and sleepwalking
Chapter 7: Commentary and conclusions
	Policy issues
Glossary
	Legal
	Medical
Bibliography
	Recommended reading
	References
Appendices A–F
	A
	B
	C
	D
	E
	F
Case histories
	Parks
	Falater
	Lowe
	Thomas
	Reitz
	Ricksgers
	Clarke (Trevor Norman)
	Rabey
	Radford
Index