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Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law : The Jurisprudence of Mental Abnormality in Anglo-American Criminal Law.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Forensic Focus SeriesPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781846420054
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal LawDDC classification:
  • 345.73/04
LOC classification:
  • KF9242 -- .B83 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law -- Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. The Theory of Justification and Excuse -- 3. Psychiatric Aspects of Mitigation -- 4. How Can Mental States Excuse? -- 5. What Does the Law Allow to Excuse? -- 6. Drawbacks of the Present Provision -- 7. Alternatives to the Present Provision -- 8. Summary -- CASES CITED -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.
Summary: Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered attract academic and public attention. They raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study systematically analyses the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered.
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Intro -- Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law -- Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. The Theory of Justification and Excuse -- 3. Psychiatric Aspects of Mitigation -- 4. How Can Mental States Excuse? -- 5. What Does the Law Allow to Excuse? -- 6. Drawbacks of the Present Provision -- 7. Alternatives to the Present Provision -- 8. Summary -- CASES CITED -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.

Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered attract academic and public attention. They raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study systematically analyses the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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