This paper discusses the relation between changes in the legal system and changes in the conception of human responsibility which have taken place as a result of belief in the work of Freud and Darwin. The evolution of these beliefs - a matter of intellectual history - has had a crucial effect on the structure and practices of the criminal justice system. Broad public acceptance of the ideas discussed in this essay will continue to affect the development of the system to the year 2000 and beyond.
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