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The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law
Gabriel Hallevy
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Description for The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JMM; LAB; LBBZ; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
This book challenges the assumptions of modern criminal law that insanity is a natural, legally and medically defined phenomenon (covering a range of medical disorders). By doing so, it paves the way for a new perspective on insanity and can serve as the basis for a new approach to insanity in modern criminal law.
This book challenges the assumptions of modern criminal law that insanity is a natural, legally and medically defined phenomenon (covering a range of medical disorders). By doing so, it paves the way for a new perspective on insanity and can serve as the basis for a new approach to insanity in modern criminal law.
The book covers the following aspects: the structure of the principle of fault in modern criminal law, the development of the insanity defense in criminal law, tangential in personam defenses in criminal law and their implications for insanity and the legal mechanism of reproduction of fault.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319368382
SKU
V9783319368382
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99-15
Reviews for The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law
“The book offers a summary of the insanity defense, beginning with religious and scientific definitions of mental disease. … The Matrix is a wholly readable book that presents philosophical and legal arguments in manners and voices that are accessible to a broad audience, and it would be most useful as a companion text in a psychology and law class for ... Read more