Psychiatric aspects of justification,excuse and mitigation : the jurisprudence of mental abnormality in Anglo-American criminal law / Alec Buchanan.

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Publication details:
London : Jessica Kingsley Publ, 2000.
Record id:
23473
Author:
Buchanan, Alec.
Series:
Forensic focus.
Subject:
Insanity (Law) -- United States.
Insanity(Law)
Forensic psychiatry.
Contents:
1. Preliminaries
2. The theory of justification and excuse
3. Psychiatric aspects of mitigation
4. How can mental states excuse?
5. What does the law allow to excuse?
6. Drawbacks of the present provision
7. Alternatives to the present provision
8. Summary.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
1853027979
Phys. description:
160 p.