Evil or ill?: justifying the insanity defence
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Main Author: Reznek, Lawrie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 1997
Series:Philosophical issues in science
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-321) and index
1. A history of criminal responsibility -- 2. A taxonomy of defences -- 3. Ignorance as an excuse -- 4. Compulsion as an excuse -- 5. Automatism as an excuse -- 6. The justification of excuses -- 7. Causality as an excuse -- 8. The reductionist theory -- 9. Irrationality as an excuse -- 10. The concept of disease -- 11. Character change as an excuse -- 12. The clash of paradigms -- 13. The insanity defence in practice
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 329 p.)
ISBN:0203980778
0415167000
9780203980774

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