Manifest madness [electronic resource] : mental incapacity in the criminal law /
by Loughnan, Arlie.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191738883 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Mentally ill offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England | Mentally ill offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales | Criminal liability -- England | Criminal liability -- Wales | Insanity (Law) -- England | Insanity (Law) -- WalesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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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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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