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Legal Insanity: Explorations in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Legal Insanity: Explorations in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 71
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This book examines core issues related to legal insanity,
integrating perspectives from psychiatry, law, and ethics. Various
criteria for insanity are analyzed and recommendations for forensic
psychiatric and legal practice are offered. Many legal systems have
an insanity defense, in one form or another. Still, it remains
unclear exactly when and why mental disorders affect a person's
moral or criminal responsibility. Questions addressed in this book
include: Why should insanity be a component of our legal system?
What should be the criteria for an insanity defense? What would be
the reasons for abolishing it? Who should bear the burden of proof?
Furthermore, the book discusses the impact neurosciences may have
on psychiatric and psychological evaluations of defendants as well
as on legal decisions about insanity.
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