Non-insane Automatism in Criminal Law
There are many different terms and concepts in criminal law; one
of the most interesting is automatism. Automatism negates and could
avoid criminal responsibility. The term automatism is used in
Criminal law to describe behaviour that occurs when a person is
unconscious to the fact that the act is taking place. There are two
types of automatism. In order to accurately understand the
principle of the term mentioned above, it is necessary to
distinguish the definitions of the concepts of insane automatism
and non-insane automatism.
First of all, insane automatism according to the criminal law is
mental illness, due to which the defendant is unable to understand
the actual character or social danger of his actions, cannot
control his actions, unable to understand, that what he was doing
was a wrongful act in accordance to the law. The person is
recognized as an insane, when he cannot distinguish fantasy from
reality, failed to
