...result of mental illness, 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" (M'Naghten's Case 1843, 722). The balance of tests for insanity generally look to a combination of...

...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." (See, for example, Livermore and Meehl, 1 967,i Clearly, the M'Naghten rule implies that the perpetrator...

...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' (R. v. M'Naghten at 210). Ironically, as Walker has pointed out, if these criteria had been strictly...

...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.' In the terms of the present analysis, for behaviour to be insane the neural components of the limbic...

...from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or if he knew it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong." As discussed in Chapter 4, this test incorporates four interrelated and conjunctive concepts (Disease...

...ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing 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. 2. Where a person labors under partial delusions only and is not in other respects insane, and commits...

...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. It will be noted from the above that the rules envisage the defendant's defect of reason as manifesting...

...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. The mode of putting the latter part of the question to the jury ... had generally been, whether the...

...from disease of the mind, at not to know rhe 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. Am I Psychutry 140:6, June 1983 681 M'Naghten quickly became the prevailing approach to the insanity...

...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 's Case (l843) at 2l0) The Rules have been criticised as being, at one level, too broad...