Witnessing insanity : madness and mad-doctors in the English court /

In 1760 Earl Ferrers attempted to convince his peers in the House of Lords that he was suffering from "occasional insanity" on the day he killed his servant. A medical witness - or mad-doctor - participated in Ferrers's trial, testifying about the symptoms of lunacy. The physician...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Insanity (Law) > Great Britain > History.
Forensic psychiatry > Great Britain > History.
Mental illness > Great Britain > History.
Insanity Defense > history
Forensic Psychiatry > history
Maladies mentales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Psychiatrie médico-légale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
LAW > Legal History.
Mental illness
Forensic psychiatry
Insanity (Law)
Gerichtliche Psychiatrie
Geschichte
Täter
Psychische Störung
Psychische stoornissen.
Toerekeningsvatbaarheid.
Rechtspraak.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
England
Student Collection.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Nigel Walker
  • 1. Crime, Punishment, and the Jury in Eighteenth-Century England
  • 2. Insanity
  • the Legal Context
  • 3. Insanity and Medical Psychology
  • 4. The Lay Witness's Testimony
  • 5. Medical Testimony in Insanity Trials, I: How the Prisoner Met the Doctor
  • 6. Medical Testimony in Insanity Trials, II: What the Mad-Doctor Said in Court
  • 7. The Prisoner's Defense
  • Conclusion: A Medical Question at All?
  • Appendix 1: Deciding When and Where to Quantify
  • Appendix 2: Medical Witnesses Who Testified at the Old Bailey about the Mental Condition of the Accused, 1760-1843.

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