...insanity where the accused did "not know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong."). 152. The psychiatrist who examined him found him "entirely normal." Arendt, Eichmann, 28. 153. David...

...was legally insane if he did "not know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." 15 The emphasis on knowledge in the M'Naghten Rule was nothing new in English law. Rex v. Arnold (1724)...

...disease of the mind, as to not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong ". According to the British rule, the accused person has to defend him if he is mentally ill or unsound...

...M'Naghten test "it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...doing, or if he did know it that he did not know he was doing wrong."3 The American Law Institute's Model Code provides: "A person is not responsible for criminal...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. 6 See R. v. Hadfield (1800) 27 St. Tr. (NS) 1281. 7 N. Walker, Crime and Insanity in England, 1968,...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." 59 Rev. Rep. 912. 12. The Fifth Amendment, passed contemporaneously with the Eighth Amendment in 1791,...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. M'Naghten himself probably would not have been exculpated under the legal definition of insanity laid...

...the defendant must clearly prove that "at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong" (M'Naghten's Case 1 843). The focus of the M'Naghten test involves nothing other than the cognitive...

...insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease...that he did not know he was doing what was wrong. This is an excellent characterization of a person who cannot be deterred. If someone is too addled...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." This was not a test for whether somebody was "insane" or "mentally unbalanced" or anything of that...