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Diminished Capacity-Recent Decisions And An Analytical Approach, Robert P. Bryant, Corbin B. Hume
Diminished Capacity-Recent Decisions And An Analytical Approach, Robert P. Bryant, Corbin B. Hume
Vanderbilt Law Review
The concept of diminished capacity allows a defendant in a criminal case to prove, usually by presenting psychiatrists who testify that he suffered from an abnormal mental condition, that he was unable to entertain the particular mens rea required for conviction.' Although courts historically have been reluctant to admit such testimony, in recent years a growing number of jurisdictions have recognized the concept of diminished capacity. Recent decisions in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina, as well as recently adopted statutes in ten other jurisdictions,illustrate the evidentiary, social, and constitutional issues raised by the concept of diminished capacity. …
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THE ARAB OIL WEAPON
By Jordan J. Paust & Albert P. Blaustein
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, 1977. Pp. 370.$27.50.
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ARBITRATION IN SWEDEN
Stockholm: Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, 1977. Pp. 212. $25.00.
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THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE PHILIPPINES
A Report of Missions by William J. Butler, John P. Humphrey, & G.E. Bisson. Geneva: International Commission of Jurists, 1977. Pp. 97. $4.00.
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DE-RECOGNIZING TAIWAN: THE LEGAL PROBLEMS
By Victor H. Li
Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1977.Pp. 48. $1.50.
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EAST-WEST TRADE, A SOURCEBOOK ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF SOCIALIST COUNTRIES AND THEIR LEGAL …