%0 Journal Article %T Emotional or Affective Mental Processes, the Concept and Essence of Reduced Liability for Committing an Offense %A Georgian DAN %J Acta Universitatis Danubius : Administratio %D 2010 %I Danubius University %X In this paper we analyze the issue of reduced criminal liability of the active subject of the offense which is affected by a neuropsychological or mental disorder, because of which itsdiscernment was altered in the moment of committing the offense, provided by law. We present a thorough scan of this issue. The article also highlights the non-unitary practice of the Romaniancriminal legislation with the European traditional criminal legislation. %K reduced liability %K offense %K mental disorder %K guild %K circumstance %U http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/administratio/article/viewFile/691/632