Mental incapacity and criminal liability: Redrawing the fault lines?
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Mental health and incapacity legislation
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0160-2527
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.04.007