Hypnosis, Imputability and Criminal (ir) Responsibility in Bulgarian Criminal Law

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Pages: 121-131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/ZALU5093

Abstract:

Since the beginning of time, hypnosis has been largely utilized in the field of medicine and psychiatry. However, recently, hypnosis has found its practical use in a few legal systems proposing a rather intriguing approach in numerous legal aspects. The importance of hypnosis has increased tremendously in the past few years in the subject area of criminal law, putting forward a fairly important question whether a person should be held criminally responsible for committing a crime in a state of hypnosis.

Keywords:

hypnosis, criminal liability, criminal irresponsibility, criminal law

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