Extreme Emotional Disturbance: Legal Frameworks and Considerations for Forensic Evaluation

Extreme Mental and Emotional Disturbance

“triggering event.” At trial, Mr. Baze had to point to a “triggering event,” prompting a reaction that was so “enraged,” “inflamed,” or “disturbed” as to be uncontrollable, before he could present a defense under that theory. Mr. Baze may have been distraught at the ongoing feud with his wife’s family, but he could not point to a dramatic, isolated event in that conflict that could have caused ...

Exploring a Defense of Extreme Emotional Disturbance.

In Commonwealth v. Rank, 494 S.W. 3d 476 (Ky. 2016), a defendant convicted of first-degree assault, and sentenced to 15 years, moved to vacate his sentence on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. He claimed that his counsel failed to inform him of a possible defense of extreme emotional disturbance (EED), which could have lessened his offense and shortened his sentence. The defendant...

Abstract Dialectical Frameworks for Legal Reasoning

Dialectical Frameworks for Legal Reasoning Latifa AL-ABDULKARIM, Katie ATKINSON, Trevor BENCH-CAPON Department of Computer Science, The University of Liverpool, UK Abstract. In recent years a powerful generalisation of Dung’s abstract argumentation frameworks, Abstract Dialectical Frameworks (ADF), has been developed. ADFs generalise the abstract argumentation frameworks introduced by Dung by r...

Three legal frameworks for regulating genetic technology.

Ethical and legal considerations for Canadian registries.

that will impact the creation and operation of neurological disease registries in Canada. This document is not meant to provide legal or ethical advice. In order to ensure that applicable laws and organizational policies are adhered to in an appropriate manner, it is recommended that legal advisors and relevant organizational representatives be consulted. For registries to succeed, it is critic...