Manifest madness mental incapacity in the criminal law
Understanding mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves tracing overlapping and interlocking legal doctrines, current and past practices of evidence and proof, and also medical and social understandings of mental illness and incapacity. With its focus on the complex int...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Understanding mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves tracing overlapping and interlocking legal doctrines, current and past practices of evidence and proof, and also medical and social understandings of mental illness and incapacity. With its focus on the complex interaction of legal doctrines and practices relating to mental incapacity and knowledge - both expert and non-expert - of it, this book offers a fresh perspective on this topic |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191738883 |