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Which term refers to a proposal for Senate reform representing the intrastate model of federalism in which the interests of the various regions of the country are given effective representation?


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M'Naghten Rule

A legal standard used to determine whether a defendant was insane at the time they committed a crime, focusing on whether they understood the nature of their act or knew right from wrong.

Irresistible Impulse Test

A legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if they were driven to do so by an uncontrollable “fit of passion.”

Durham Test

A legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if their act was the result of a mental disorder or defect.

American Law Institute Test

A legal test for insanity that holds people to be insane at the time of committing a crime if, because of a mental disorder, they did not know right from wrong or could not resist an uncontrollable impulse to act.

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