1st Edition
Anglo-American Insanity Defence Reform The War Between Law and Medicine
By Faye Boland
Copyright 1999
207 Pages
by
Routledge
207 Pages
by
Routledge
207 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, The book examines the magnitude of the polemic surrounding each attempt to reformulate the insanity defence in the United States, England and Ireland. The book contains a critique of the McNaghten Rules, the defence of irresistible impulse, the product test of insanity, the justly responsible test, the American Law Institute’s test of insanity and the Butler Committee’s... Read more
1. The McNaghten Rules. 2. The Defence of Irresistible Impulse. 3. United States Reform Post Irresistible Impulse. 4. Butler and Beyond. 5. The Homicide Act, 1957 and Its Origin. 6. The Defence of Diminished Responsibility in English Law. 7. Conclusions.
Biography
Faye Boland, University of Liverpool, UK
