Amnesia, derived from the Greek word meaning forgetfulness,I,2 has come to mean a "loss or lack of memory."2 The importance of this condition needs no emphasis, for it has always been associated with criminal law. St. Augustine's "ream lingum non tacit nisi mens rea" underpins the principle of the English and most other legal systems that a forbidden act (actus reus) and a wicked intent (mens r...

This contribution assesses the social-psychological concept of deindividuation in particular context its use instances crowd violence South African criminal law. Well-established as a mitigating factor, and yet not used over past couple decades, question is posed to whether this still finds application contemporary law society.

Abstract Criminal responsibility refers to a person’s ability understand his action, behavior at the time crime is committed, what person thinking when he commits or expected result committed. Crime defined in terms of an act omission (actus reus) and mental state (mens rea). In this paper, presented general concept irresponsibility essentially reduced as reason be exempted from punishment prov...