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A drunkard's defense alcohol, murder, and medical jurisprudence in nineteenth-century America /
"Is drunkenness a defense for murder? In the early nineteenth century, the answer was a resounding no. Intoxication was considered voluntary, and thus provided no defense. Yet as the century progressed, American courts began to extend exculpatory value to heavy drinking. The medicalization of a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- "Not the result of drink"
- "A victim of intemperance"
- "Not capable of entertaining this specific intent"
- "The broad resemblances between insanity and drunkenness"
- "They are simply drunk"
- "An apology for sin and for crime."