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    Responsibility and Emerging Neuroscience: The Viability of the American Law Institute's Insanity Defense

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    Author
    Romero, Christopher Ryan
    Issue Date
    2015
    Advisor
    Rosati, Connie
    
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    There are five legal tests for insanity used in the United States today: the M'Naghten Test, the Irresistible Impulse Test, the Product Test, the America Law Institute (ALI) Test, and the Federal Test. Modem neuroscience has shown that using only the M'Naghten Test or the Irresistible Impulse Test gives a narrow understanding of mental health that ignores degrees of insanity. The Product Test is too broad and allows experts to overreach their boundaries and make legal conclusions. The Federal Test is simply a modification of the M'Naghten Test and does not recognize volitional components of insanity. I propose that the ALI Test become the standard test for insanity because it improves upon the criticisms of the M'Naghten, Irresistible Impulse, and Product Tests. However, ALI Test can be improved by clearly defining the ambiguous medical terms it uses. As neuroscience progresses, the legal system must adapt in order to keep pace, and I believe the ALI Test is the only existing test that leaves room for the ever-increasing knowledge of the brain.
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    Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law
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    University of Arizona
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