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23 Contemp. Drug Probs. 631 (1996)
Intoxicated Automatism: Legal Concept vs. Scientific Evidence

handle is hein.journals/condp23 and id is 665 raw text is: Contemporary Drug Problems 23/Winter 1996 Intoxicated automatism: legal concept vs. scientific evidence BY HAROLD KALANT Harold Kalant is professor emeritus in pharmacology at the University of Toronto and director emeritus of the Clinical Research and Treatment Institute at the Addiction Research Foundation (33 Russell St., Toronto, Ont. M5S 2S1, Canada). Dr. Kalant has also served as an expert witness in numerous criminal and civil cases involving evidence of intoxication. The concept of automatism as a consequence of severe alco- holic intoxication received much public and media attention as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Daviault v. R. and decisions in several other courts subsequently. As a result of public indignation over the deci- sion in Daviault v. R., the Minister of Justice introduced leg- islation to the House of Commons to eliminate intoxicated AUTHOR'S NOTF: This paper was originally prepared as a submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, and was presented before the Committee in Ottawa on June 13, 1995. The views expressed in this document are those of the author and do not neces- sarily reflect the policies or official views of the Addiction Research Foun- dation of Ontario. © 1997 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc.

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