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Law (LAWS)

Department of Law
Faculty of Public Affairs

LAWS 4307 [0.5 credit]

Medical Criminal Law Issues

Legal-medical issues, conflicts and relationships in the field of social control. Topics include mental disorder and criminal liability, diversion of offenders to civil commitment in hospital, insanity, automatism, fitness to stand trial, prediction of dangerousness, regulation of psychoactive drugs.
Prerequisites: LAWS 2004 and fourth-year Honours standing.
Seminars three hours a week.

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