Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse

(Jessica Kingsley) Study systematically analyzes the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered. Examines three fundamental precepts in criminal law: justification, excuse, and mitigation. Looks at England and America. Softcover.

Alec Buchanan is a forensic psychiatrist working at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.

Preface and Acknowledgements

9

(2)

Preliminaries

11

(11)

The Theory of Justification and Excuse

22

(21)

Psychiatric Aspects of Mitigation

43

(20)

How Can Mental States Excuse?

63

(21)

What Does the Law Allow to Excuse?

84

(24)

Drawbacks of the Present Provision

108

(13)

Alternatives to the Present Provision

121

(12)

Summary

133

(2)

Cases Cited

135

(4)

References

139

(12)

Subject Index

151

(6)

Author Index

157

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Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law

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