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The aim of the study is to analyze the possibility of the insanity as ground for total or partial exemption from criminal responsibility in the light of the current terrorist acts, which is based on a recent case in France. In connection with the case, the domestic and international regulation of the insanity will be reviewed and analyzed, with a brief overview of its execution of a sentence. In this context, it can be stated that both the Hungarian and foreign regulations consider it to be ground for total or partial exemption from criminal responsibility if the ability to set off at the time of the commission of the act is limited or excluded. Where appropriate, the decision on the matter, in addition to leading to a conviction or acquittal of the act, also has an impact on enforcement, as it does not matter whether the place of detention is a medical or penitentiary institution. After that, after the general definition of the concept and types of terrorism, the mental disorders that may occur in connection with the mentioned acts and may affect the ability to set off are described. Finally, based on a review of the literature, it can be concluded that insanity as ground for total or partial exemption from criminal responsibility and the application of the relevant legal consequences to perpetrators of terrorist acts is not excluded, but given the complexity of the behavior and the duration of mental disorders fewer illnesses can occur as in the case of other criminal offenses.

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macro has been developed for the analysis of structural behaviour for impact loads and has been integrated into a multidisciplinary optimization program written under the COSMOS/M finite element system. This macro makes possible to solve special types of multidisciplinary optimisation problems which could be very difficult or impossible to solve in any other program system. By using this method, it is possible to enlarge the application field of a finite element program system for the analysis of damages caused by winds, tornados, hurricanes, hails, traffic accidents, gun shots, etc. and for the optimization of special protection products (helmets, walls, covers, etc) against traffic or workplace accidents, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. Since during the usage of the macro all the features of the original finite element program system remain usable, it is possible to combine the impact loading with many special problems (nonlinear behaviour, electric or magnetic analysis, heat or fluid analysis, etc) and these problems can be integrated into a multidisciplinary optimization process. For the optimisation the author developed his new algorithm, the Random Virus Algorithm (RVA Algorithm), based on the simulation of reproduction process of biological or computer viruses. A numerical example of a wall subjected to heating and impact load is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]