Minding justice : laws that deprive people with mental disability of life and liberty / Christopher Slobogin.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.

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26192

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Slobogin, Christopher.

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Mental health laws -- United States.

Insanity (Law) -- United States.

Mentally ill offenders -- United States.

Contents:

1. The clinical and legal landscape --2. The insanity defense --3. Mental disability and the death penalty --4. A Jurisprudence of dangerousness --5. The Civilization of the criminal law --6. Competency in teh criminal process --7. Treatment decision making --8. Conclusion: rethinking legally relevant mental disorder.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-375) and index.

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9780674022041

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xi, 381 p.