The History of Mental Illness in Criminal Cases: The English Tradition (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Mental Illness in Criminal Trials
Redaktion: Moriarty, Jane

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Whether the accused is competent to stand trial, whether the plaintiff is competent to accuse, or whether a witness is competent to testify has had a long legal history. Such questions draw legal reasoning into areas of ethical reflection and scientific debate deeply rooted in the moral history of the United States. Mental competence has come to play a central and controversial role in proving guilt, and in evaluating the severity of a crime and its corresponding punishment. This compendium brings together the major legal precedents and legal commentaries that have defined the role of mental illness in criminal trials throughout U.S. history. The reprint collection considers, among other issues, the evolution of the Supreme Court's position on the insanity defense and mental retardation, how these affect one's competency to stand trial or be executed, and how these affect culpability and punishment. Each volume begins with an introductory essay, and includes both cases and commentary. Scholars as well as students will find these volumes a useful research tool.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135729264
• Artikelnr.: 40171598

Autorenporträt

Jane Moriarty is Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Akron School of Law, Akron Ohio. She is author of Psychological and Scientific Evidence inCriminal Trials (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996), which is updated annually, and editor of Women and the Law (West Group, 1998). She has written a number of articles dealing with law, evidence, and expert witnesses.

Inhaltsangabe

The Trial of Edward Arnold
16 State Trials 695 (1723) (English Reports). Robinson
Daniel N. Wild Beasts & Idle Humours: The Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present (Harvard University Press
1996). Hadfield's Case
16 State Trials 1282 (1800) (English Reports). O'Reilly-Fleming
Thomas. From Beasts to Bedlam: Hadfield
the Regency Crisis
M'Naghten and the Mad Business in Britain
1788-1843
Journal of Psychiatry & Law 20 (1992). Oxford's Case
4 State Trials (new series) 498 (1840) (English Reports). The Case of Daniel M'Naghten
4 State Trials (new series) 847 (1843) (reprinted in Sir Roger Ormrod
The McNaughton Case and Its Predecessors
Daniel McNaughton: His Trial and Aftermath
Donald J. West and Alexander Walk
eds. (Gaskell Books
1977). Moran
Richard. House of Lords Debate
in Knowing Right from Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan (The Free Press
1981). XXXX. Sir Roger Ormrod
The McNaughton Case and Its Predecessors
Daniel McNaughton: His Trial and Aftermath
Donald J. West and Alexander Walk
eds. (Gaskell Books
1977).