Intoxicated automatism: legal concept vs. scientific evidence.

Authors :: Kalant, Harold
Source :: Contemporary Drug Problems. Winter, 1996, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p631, 648 p.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: The concept of automatism as a consequence of severe alcoholic intoxication received much public and media attention as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in [...]<br />Dr. Kalant begins by addressing the question of a legal state of automatism as reflected in various scientific disciplines. This literature is related to scientific evidence that might be considered by criminal courts in cases involving automatism relating to alcohol and other psychoactive drugs.