1. The affluenza defence is a feature of American criminal law and is therefore subject to different legal understandings ofmens reathan those that apply in Canadian criminal law and procedures. Compare and contrast this defence with the defence of intoxication in the CanadianCriminal Code.

2. Analysts of the affluenza defence indicate that it is a variation of the insanity defence. Discuss the understandings ofmens rea in this defence and the basis for lacking criminal responsibility. References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/02/affluenza-drunk-driver-who-killed-four-now-free-after-serving-two-years/?utm_term=.ef5cc8d3633b https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/what-is-the-affluenza-defense-31843