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Excerpt from Mens Rea, or Imputability Under the Law of England
This work has been written with the double Object of presenting a comprehensive view of the main principles Of imputability, and Of furnishing a practical guide to the statute and case law in which those principles have been applied.
The main divisions Of the subject and arrangement of the chapters are shown in the usual manner, and also in tabular form on the page immediately preceding the commencement Of Chapter I.; and, for convenience Of reference on practical points, Tables Of Abbreviations, Statutes, Cases and Contents, and a General Index (at the end Of the book), have been added.
I have attempted in Chapter II and the sections Of Chapter X. Dealing with Innocent Agency and Responsibility for Servants' Acts, to classify the numerous decisions upon Ignorance of Fact, and upon the application to criminal law Of the doctrine Respondeat superior.
In Chapter V., and the part Of Chapter X. Dealing with Lack Of self-control, I have endeavoured to expound the doctrines of law and rules Of procedure concerning madness in its relation to crime, and to collect all the decided cases Of importance on that subject.
My thanks are due to the Incorporated Council Of Law Reporting for their kind permission to use the Law Reports, and also to Messrs. Stevens and Haynes for similar permission in respect Of the Criminal Appeal Reports, edited by Mr. Herman Cohen. Both series have been freely and extensively used, and in many cases copious extracts have been taken from the judgments therein reported. Quotations have also been made from various other series Of reports, ancient and modern, and from professional and other treatises, references to the works used being given in each case, and explained or amplified in the List of Abbreviations at the beginning Of the book.
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