Personality disorders represent a medico-legal problem that refuses to go away, despite continuing attempts to debunk them as ‘mythological’ (Mullen, 2007). In the 1970s and early 1980s psychiatrists became increasingly reluctant to use the ‘psychopathic disorder’ label to section people under the 1959 Mental Health Act (MHA), with the consequence that personality-disordered offenders were incr...

The legal competency or capability to exercise rights is level of judgment and decision-making ability needed to manage one's own affairs and to sign official documents. With some exceptions, the person entitles this right in age of majority. It is acquired without legal procedures, however the annulment of legal capacity requires a juristic process. This resolution may not be final and could b...

After years of disrepute , Multiple Personality Syndrome (MPS) has become the focus of considerable attention. 15 Grouped in the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (p. 259) with the dissociative disorders, the diagnostic criteria are: "(A) Existence within the individual of two or more distinct personalities, each of which is dominant at a ...

The paper concerns the closely related topics of the possibility of machines having identifiable personalities, and the possible future legal responsibilities of machines. As will become clear, I wish to explore these topics in terms which are basically those of computational linguistics; and by ‘machines’ here, I intend software entities, rather than robots, and in particular the sort of softw...

The article provides a theoretical analysis of historical roots and the nature international legal personality Order Malta. was established in 1048 to provide medical support wounded sick pilgrim Holy Land. In following years, became military functions participated Crusades. Power over territory population never main mission Order. author’s opinion, Malta rather platform for cooperation knights...

In this paper, the author considers issues of one’s legal personality in international law general, with emphasis on European Union. The focus discussion is character and structure Union’s its peculiarities as a unique, juridical person. Special attention was given to notion EU sui generis subject law, along scope activities supranational elements. As pointed out these are numerous. Firstly, is...

Este trabajo aborda el problema de la así llamada “guerra contra terrorismo”, las sanciones ONU y posible responsabilidad penal internacional organizaciones terroristas internacionales (OTI), influencia mismas en concepto contemporáneo “personalidad jurídica internacional”. De este modo, OTI, como destinatarios normas jurídicas que incriminan terrorismo por ese delito, adquieren algún tipo capa...