Overview
- Offers theoretical and practical analyses of the core issues related to legal insanity
- Evaluates differences between criteria for insanity in various legal systems
- Explores the possible impact of neurosciences on insanity
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine (LIME, volume 71)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“The curious reader is showered with a detailed and engaging narrative of the concept of legal insanity … . content is so informative and engaging that it can be beneficial to instruction in undergraduate and graduate classes encompassing a variety of subjects … . It can also be the ideal read for legal scholars, philosophers of ethics, and scientists who are interested in the conundrums posed by the criteria that determine legal insanity in diverse legal systems.” (Maura Pilotti, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 21 (27), July, 2017)
“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)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legal Insanity: Explorations in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics
Authors: Gerben Meynen
Series Title: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44721-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44719-3Published: 17 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83119-0Published: 28 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44721-6Published: 08 November 2016
Series ISSN: 1567-8008
Series E-ISSN: 2351-955X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 196
Topics: Ethics, Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law