Wild beast test
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Wild Beast Test is a concept devised by Henry de Bracton. In this forensic test he said that "a man must have no more understanding than an infant, brute, or Wild Beast".
Judge Tracy used the infant, brute, or wild beast expression in an attempt to help the jury to decide the vexing question of where to draw the line in insanity cases between respon- ...
- For centuries, society has struggled with the notion that a mentally ill person should not be held responsible for criminal acts. Evidence of the debate appears in Roman law in the third century and later in the sixth century with the ‘code of Justinian.
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