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Psychiatric aspects of justification, excuse, and mitigation in Anglo-American criminal law / Alec Buchanan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchanan, Alec.
- Series:
- Forensic focus ; 17.
- Forensic focus ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insanity (Law)--Great Britain.
- Insanity (Law).
- Insanity (Law)--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley Publishers, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610267040
- 9781280267048
- 1280267046
- 9781846420054
- 1846420059
- 9781423709589
- 1423709586
- OCLC:
- 60712608
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