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INSANITY AS A LEGAL DEFENSE FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

15 Pages : 142-151

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).15      10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).15      Published : Dec 2017

Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective

    Crime and punishment go hand in hand. A crime is human conduct, prohibited by law, which harms the community at large and is, therefore, taken more seriously than a civil wrong that affects an individual or a particular group of individuals. Itis for some reason that, unlike a civil wrong, in the case of crime, thestate moves by itself against the wrongdoer and decides whether to prosecute him or not. The 'physical force' of the state or the 'sanction behind the law' is more obvious in the form of punishment when criminal law is violated or breached.

    Insanity, Crime, Punishment, Human Conduct, Legal Defence
    (1) Muhammad Siraj Khan
    Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan Law College, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Noman Gul
    Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan Law College, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Naghma Farid
    Nawab Allah Nawaz Khan Law College, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Khan, Muhammad Siraj, Noman Gul, and Naghma Farid. 2017. "Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective." Global Political Review, II (I): 142-151 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).15
    HARVARD : KHAN, M. S., GUL, N. & FARID, N. 2017. Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective. Global Political Review, II, 142-151.
    MHRA : Khan, Muhammad Siraj, Noman Gul, and Naghma Farid. 2017. "Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective." Global Political Review, II: 142-151
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    OXFORD : Khan, Muhammad Siraj, Gul, Noman, and Farid, Naghma (2017), "Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective", Global Political Review, II (I), 142-151
    TURABIAN : Khan, Muhammad Siraj, Noman Gul, and Naghma Farid. "Insanity As A Legal Defense From A Historical Perspective." Global Political Review II, no. I (2017): 142-151. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).15