title: The Law Commission's proposals for the reform of the defences of insanity and automatism.
abstract: The article offers an overview of the Law Commission's project on Insanity and Automatism and the provisional conclusions reached in its Discussion Paper in 2013.
authors.affiliation: Criminal Law Team, Law Commission, London, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ormerod
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001332:Automatism / Q000523:psychology*; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Automatism; Criminal Law; insanity; reform