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INCONSISTENT DEFENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

To associate fundamentally inconsistent defences like automatism and self defence with each other entails serious risks for the proper conduct of the trial, the assessment of the facts and the determination of the parties' legal situation by the jury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

L'association de défenses fondamentalement contradictoires comme l'automatisme et le plaidoyer de légitime défense comporte de forts risques pour la bonne conduite du procès, l'appréciation des faits et l'évaluation de la situation juridique des parties par le jury.

Spanish

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