Insanity and decreased sanity

The topic of this work is the question concerning unlawful actions committed in the state of insanity and diminished sanity. The main objective of the work is to explain clearly and comprehensibly the issue of the criminal offence of drunkenness and related aspects. Also, the work concerns the history of the legal regulation in question in the territory of the Czech Lands, Czechoslovakia and consequently the independent Czech Republic. Core part of the work is the actual legislation under the pursuant to the current Criminal Code, Act No. 40/2009 Coll., with orientation to the factual merits of the criminal offence of drunkenness under § 360. The work in detail deals with addictive substances, their classification and effects on the offender as well as on the health of an individual. The work is complemented with an overview of related literature and indication of the deficiencies of the current legal regulation