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Disorder in the court : morality, myth, and the insanity defense /
"The first book-length rhetorical history and analysis of the insanity defense. The insanity defense is considered one of the most controversial, most misunderstood, and least straightforward subjects in the American legal system. Disorder in the Court: Morality, Myth, and the Insanity Defense...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
University of Alabama Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Rhetoric, law, and the humanities.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reasoning with Madness; 1. Framing the Issue: What Rhetoric Can Offer to the Conversation; 2. A Brief History of Western Thought on Mental Illness and Its Relevance to the Law; 3. Knowing Right from Wrong: The Trial of Daniel McNaughtan; 4. Late Nineteenth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: Parsons, Davis, and the "Irresistible Impulse" Test; 5. Mid-Twentieth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: Durham v. United States and the "Product" Test.
- 6. Late Twentieth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: The Trial of John Hinckley Jr. and the Insanity Defense Reform ActConclusion. The Insanity Defense Since Hinckley; Appendix 1. Parsons v. State; Appendix 2. Davis v. United States; Appendix 3. Durham v. United States; Appendix 4. Hinckley Letter to Jodie Foster; Notes; Bibliography; Index.