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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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Main Author: Rotunda, Michele (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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