Medicine, law, and the state in imperial Russia / Elisa M. Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Elisa Marielle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical jurisprudence--Russia--History.

Medical jurisprudence.

Forensic psychiatry--Russia--History.

Forensic psychiatry.

Expertise--Political aspects--Russia--History.

Expertise.

Physicians--Russia--History.

Physicians.

Health reformers--Russia--History.

Health reformers.

Law reform--Russia--History.

Law reform.

Medical policy--Russia--History.

Medical policy.

Russia--Social policy.

Russia.

Russia--Politics and government--1689-1801.

Russia--Politics and government--1801-1917.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the theoretical and practical outlook of forensic physicians in Imperial Russia, from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, arguing that the interaction between state and these professionals shaped processes of reform in contemporary Russia. It demonstrates the ways in which the professional evolution of forensic psychiatry in Russia took a different turn from Western models, and how the process of professionalization in late imperial Russia became associated with liberal legal reform and led to the transformation of the autocratic state system.

Contents:

Procedural immunity : medical knowledge in the age of legal certainty

On the cusp of reform : making the expert scientific

Legal mechanics : carving out a new identity

Criminal procedure in social context

Reform and the role of medical expertise.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-380) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72072-2

963-9776-87-4

1-4416-9844-2

9781003720720

OCLC:

759213432