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