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Evil or ill? : justifying the insanity defence

Author: Lawrie Reznek
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Series: Philosophical issues in science.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrie Reznek
ISBN: 0415166993 9780415166997 0415167000 9780415167000 9780203980774 0203980778
OCLC Number: 36597760
Description: xi, 329 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The Diagnosis of Evil --
1. A History of Criminal Responsibility --
2. A Taxonomy of Defences --
3. Ignorance as an Excuse --
4. Compulsion as an Excuse --
5. Automatism as an Excuse --
6. The Justification of Excuses --
7. Causality as an Excuse --
8. The Reductionist Theory --
9. Irrationality as an Excuse --
10. The Concept of Disease --
11. Character Change as an Excuse --
12. The Clash of Paradigms --
13. The Insanity Defence in Practice --
Conclusion: Psychiatric Justice.
Series Title: Philosophical issues in science.
Responsibility: Lawrie Reznek.
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