Application of defence of unsoundness of mind in Malaysia: review towards the law in United States and India / Muhammad Ridhwan Hamzah … [et al.]

Generally this research will look deeply into the standard of defence of unsoundness of mind in Malaysia and its effectiveness to the justice system. It will be compared with United States and India. The research will be more details in terms of the background of the research, the objective and the problem identification. This proposal also includes scope and limitation of the study, the methodology and the significance of the research. The research been help by those interviewee to give more understanding and get clear view on how the application of the defence of unsoundness of mind in Malaysia, however based on information gathered we did a comparison with United States and India. On top of that we can see the differences and effectiveness of the law. McNaughten Rule is one of the early principle that been established to be applied in defence of insanity in United Kingdom. It becomes a main principle to be referred on some other country. However it changing due to the situation in every country, that is what we got it in our research when we compare with United States and India. Up to the end of our research, we conclude with a few opinions and recommendations to uphold our law to become more effective and accessible to be applied in our country.