Criminal Liability of People With Mental Disorders: Selected Issues

The issue of criminal liability in different legal systems and the perpetrator’s sanity mental disorders, has received much attention researchers from scientific disciplines. Of many important aspects relevant to this topic, paper addresses only some, which are related two orders. first part article focuses on circumstances that exclude mitigate culpability under Polish law. author examines problem insanity referring ways is determined enumerating sources insanity. Then, consequences identified. Finally, diminished capacity doctrine law analysed. second deals with concept imputability Code Canon Law 1983. Quoting provisions canon law, considers natural inability commit a crime by persons who habitually deprived use reason, then indicates excluding, mitigating aggravating culpability.