Overview
The first book to define the legal boundary between insanity and tangential defenses in both theoretical and practical fields
The first book to discuss in detail the legal mechanism of reproduction of fault, especially in relation to insanity
Develops for the first time a concrete, operative and workable theory of insanity in criminal law, both internally (insanity itself) and externally (insanity in relation to tangential defenses)
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About this book
The book covers the following aspects: the structure of the principle of fault in modern criminal law, the development of the insanity defense in criminal law, tangential in personam defenses in criminal law and their implications for insanity and the legal mechanism of reproduction of fault.
The focus is on the Anglo-American and European-Continental legal systems. Given the attention consistently drawn by international and domestic events in this context, the book will be of interest to a broad and growing international audience.
Reviews
“The book offers a summary of the insanity defense, beginning with religious and scientific definitions of mental disease. … The Matrix is a wholly readable book that presents philosophical and legal arguments in manners and voices that are accessible to a broad audience, and it would be most useful as a companion text in a psychology and law class for advanced undergraduates or in a specialty course in law school. The book is succinct and lucid.” (Arthur J. Lurigio, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (16), April, 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law
Authors: Gabriel Hallevy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20597-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20596-0Published: 13 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36838-2Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20597-7Published: 30 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Criminal Law , Forensic Medicine, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Neuropsychology