The Cyprus Center of Law & Justice and the Institute of Criminal Studies and Criminology proudly announce a roundtable presentation & discussion on the topic:

“Am I crazy enough? Mental Disorder and Criminal Law”

Speakers: 

Emeritus Prof. Allan Manson (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Assistant Prof. Demetra Fr. Sorvatzioti (University of Nicosia)

About Prof. Allan Manson: 

Prof. Allan Manson (B.A., LL.B., LL.M.) is Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 2016, he was a Keeley Visiting Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford. In 2017, he will be a Fulbright Scholar at University of California, Berkeley. 

Prior to joining the Faculty at Queen’s in 1977, he was a practising criminal lawyer in Toronto, Canada. From 1990 to 1994, he served as the Project Director for the Ontario Law Reform Commission study of the coroners’ system. In 1994-1995, he was a Deputy Judge of the Yukon Territorial Court. From 2005 to 2008, he worked with the firm of Wardle, Daley as co-counsel to a party with standing at the Cornwall Public Inquiry. Along with numerous articles and book chapters on criminal law topics, especially sentencing, imprisonment and evidence, he has written or co-edited a number of books:  “Sentencing and Penal Policy in Canada”, 3rd Ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2016) with P. Healy, G. Trotter, D. Ives, J. Roberts); “Free Speech in Fearful Times” (Toronto: Lorimer, 2007, with James Turk); “Commissions of Inquiry : Praise or Re-Appraise” (Toronto: Irwin, 2003, with David Mullan); “The Law of Sentencing” (Toronto: Irwin, 2001) ; “Release from Imprisonment: The Law of Sentencing , Parole, and Judicial Review”(Toronto: Carswell, 1990, with David Cole).