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Durham rule

a 1954 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in a case involving a defendant named Durham. It stated that “an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental defect.” This rule has been replaced by the American Law Institute Model Penal Code insanity test. Also called Durham decision; Durham test; product rule.

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polarized thinking

polarized thinking

see dichotomous thinking.