Legal Insanity and the Brain
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Legal Insanity and the Brain

Science, Law and European Courts

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Legal Insanity and the Brain

Science, Law and European Courts

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This landmark publication offers a unique comparative and interdisciplinary study of criminal insanity and neuroscience. Criminal law theories and ideologies which underpin the regulation of criminal insanity have always been the subject of controversy. The history of criminal insanity is characterised by conceptual and empirical tension between two disciplinary realms: the law and the mind sciences. The authors in this anthology explore in depth the state of the art of legal insanity and the numerous intricate, fascinating, pioneering and sophisticated questions raised by the integration of different criminal law and behaviour theories, diverse disciplines and methodologies, in a genuinely interdisciplinary perspective. This volume will serve as a practical guide for the comparative legal scholar and the judge, as well as stimulating scholarly reading for the neuroscientist, the social scientist and the philosopher with interdisciplinary scientific interests.

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Publisher
Hart Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9781509902323
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Medical Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Summary Contents
  3. Detailed Contents
  4. List of Contributors
  5. Table of Cases
  6. Table of Legislation
  7. Table of Codes, Guidelines and professional Standards
  8. Table of International Instruments
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. The Neurobiology of Antisocial and Amoral Behaviour: Insights from Brain Science and Implications for Law
  11. 3. 'Neuroscepticism' in the Courtroom: The Limited Role of Neuroscientific Evidence in Belgian Criminal Proceedings
  12. 4. France. Is the Evidence Too Cerebral to Be Cartesian?
  13. 5. 'Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity' in the Italian Jurisdiction. A Neuroscience Revolution?
  14. 6. Legal Insanity and Neurolaw in the Netherlands: Developments and Debates
  15. 7. On the Abolition and Reintroduction of Legal Insanity in Sweden
  16. 8. Abolishing the Insanity Verdict in England and Wales: A Better Balance Between Legal Rules and Scientific Understanding?
  17. 9. Legal Insanity in the Age of Neuroscience
  18. Index