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

Published Philadelphia ; London : J. Kingsley, 1999

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Description 160 pages ; 23 cm Series Forensic focus ; 17 Forensic focus ; 17 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 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Insanity (Law) -- United States. Insanity (Law) -- Great Britain. ISBN 1853027979 pb alkaline paper

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