White, Mark D.

The Insanity Defense : Multidisciplinary Views on Its History, Trends, and Controversies. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (457 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Essentials of the Law -- Chapter 1. The Insanity Defense: Nine Myths That Will Not Go Away -- Chapter 2. The Temporary Insanity Defense -- Chapter 3. Mens Rea and Mental Disorder -- Part II: Psychiatry and the Law -- Chapter 4. The Shadows of Normality: Legal Insanity under Modern Criminal Law -- Chapter 5. Insanity Constructs -- Chapter 6. Insanity: Neurolaw and Forensic Psychiatry -- Part III: Philosophy and the Law -- Chapter 7. The Mistaken Quest for a Control Test: For a Rationality Standard of Sanity -- Chapter 8. Legal Insanity and Executive Function -- Chapter 9. Insanity and Free Will: The Humanitarian Argument for Abolition -- Part IV: Law, Policy, and Reform -- Chapter 10. Abolishing Insanity: Proposals from England and Wales -- Chapter 11. Mental Insanity at the International Criminal Court: Proposal for a New Regulation -- Chapter 12. Andrea Yates: A Continuing Story about Insanity -- About the Contributors and Editor -- Index.

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Insanity defense--History.
Insanity (Law).
Law--Psychological aspects.
Criminal intent.


Electronic books.

K5077.I49 2016

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