Abstract
Abstract The concept of criminal responsibility in the French judicial system was first given formal recognition in the Napoleonic Penal Code of 1810. Since that date, it has developed and matured but in the face of increasing medical and psychiatric knowledge, it has also encountered growing difficulties in its practical application. In order to bring the notion of criminal responsibility more into line with present-day understanding of criminal behaviour, many attempts have been made in recent years to redefine this concept. It seems that a definitive formula has now been found.
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