1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451534003321

Autore

Reznek Lawrie

Titolo

Evil or ill? : justifying the insanity defence / / Lawrie Reznek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

9780415166997

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Philosophical issues in science

Disciplina

340.112

345/.04

364.3

Soggetti

Insanity (Law)

Criminal liability

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 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; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Was the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of psychiatric illness? Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controve rsial investigation of the insanity defence.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716508203321

Titolo

John Plumlee, administrator of the estate of G.W. Plumlee, deceased. April 12, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (12 pages)

Collana

House report / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 823

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8536.]

Altri autori (Persone)

MorrowJohn <1865-1935> (Democrat (NM))

Soggetti

Homestead law

Land tenure

Land titles

Land titles - Registration and transfer

Constitutional law

Sales tax

Trusts and trustees

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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