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 |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 (xxii, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191738883 0191738883 9781283581042 1283581043 9780191627552 0191627550 |