Criminal Law - Homicide - Mens Rea - Objective or Subjective Tests
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Two year's experience under Utah's mens rea insanity law.
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عنوان ژورنال: Alberta Law Review
سال: 1969
ISSN: 1925-8356,0002-4821
DOI: 10.29173/alr2129