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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: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2021]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |