Legal Insanity: Explorations in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics

AvGerben Meynen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del 71 i serien International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine

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Beskrivning

This book examines core issues related to legal insanity, integrating perspectives from psychiatry, law, and ethics. Various criteria for insanity are analyzed and recommendations for forensic psychiatric and legal practice are offered. Many legal systems have an insanity defense, in one form or another. Still, it remains unclear exactly when and why mental disorders affect a person’s moral or criminal responsibility. Questions addressed in this book include: Why should insanity be a component of our legal system? What should be the criteria for an insanity defense? What would be the reasons for abolishing it? Who should bear the burden of proof? Furthermore, the book discusses the impact neurosciences may have on psychiatric and psychological evaluations of defendants as well as on legal decisions about insanity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-17
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:489 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Antal sidor:196
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319447193

Utforska kategorier

Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik
Psykiatri inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Gerben Meynen received a Ph.D. in Philosophy and in Medicine. He is an endowed professor of Forensic Psychiatry (Tilburg University) and an endowed professor of Ethics and Psychiatry (VU University Amsterdam). Since 2006, he has been a psychiatrist at GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam.

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"This book attempts to confront insanity cases from a multidisciplinary perspective by using the three pillars of its foundation: psychiatry, ethics, and the law. ... Although likely interesting for those involved in the legal system, philosophy, ethics, or the mental health system, this book also may prove to be a valuable resource for students interested in these fields or for anyone wishing to know more about the origins, current practice, and potential future direction of the insanity defense." (Steven T. Herron, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2016)

Innehållsförteckning

Preface.- Introduction.- Legal insanity standards: their structure and elements.- arguments against the insanity defense and responses.- Lack of free will and irrationality.- Competent and compromised decision-making.- Neurolaw: challenges and opportunities.- Issues to consider when revising legal insanity.- Concluding observations on the present and future of insanity.- References.- Index.- About the author.