Anglo-American Insanity Defence Reform
The War Between Law and Medicine
Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-61019-4 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-61019-4 (ISBN)
First published in 1999, this book is an examination of the controversy surrounding each reformulation of the insanity defence, the source of the polemic and the success of the English diminished responsibility defence in abating that controversy.
First published in 1999, The book examines the magnitude of the polemic surrounding each attempt to reformulate the insanity defence in the United States, England and Ireland. The book contains a critique of the McNaghten Rules, the defence of irresistible impulse, the product test of insanity, the justly responsible test, the American Law Institute’s test of insanity and the Butler Committee’s proposed revision. At the heart of the controversy surrounding each reformulation has been a medico-legal tension over the wording of the insanity defence and whether law or psychiatry’s view of insanity should prevail. The book looks at the success of the English diminished responsibility defence in abating the controversy. The result of introducing this defence has been the emergence of the legal and medical professions from a state of cold war to entente cordiale. The book explores the reasons for the diminished responsibility defence’s success in resolving the polemic over the insanity defence.
First published in 1999, The book examines the magnitude of the polemic surrounding each attempt to reformulate the insanity defence in the United States, England and Ireland. The book contains a critique of the McNaghten Rules, the defence of irresistible impulse, the product test of insanity, the justly responsible test, the American Law Institute’s test of insanity and the Butler Committee’s proposed revision. At the heart of the controversy surrounding each reformulation has been a medico-legal tension over the wording of the insanity defence and whether law or psychiatry’s view of insanity should prevail. The book looks at the success of the English diminished responsibility defence in abating the controversy. The result of introducing this defence has been the emergence of the legal and medical professions from a state of cold war to entente cordiale. The book explores the reasons for the diminished responsibility defence’s success in resolving the polemic over the insanity defence.
Faye Boland, University of Liverpool, UK
1. The McNaghten Rules. 2. The Defence of Irresistible Impulse. 3. United States Reform Post Irresistible Impulse. 4. Butler and Beyond. 5. The Homicide Act, 1957 and Its Origin. 6. The Defence of Diminished Responsibility in English Law. 7. Conclusions.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.07.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Revivals |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 219 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-61019-4 / 1138610194 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-61019-4 / 9781138610194 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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