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Sofia Moratti - Legal Insanity and the Brain: Science, Law and European Courts - 9781849467919 - V9781849467919
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Legal Insanity and the Brain: Science, Law and European Courts

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Description for Legal Insanity and the Brain: Science, Law and European Courts Hardback. Editor(s): Patterson, Professor Dennis; Moratti, Sofia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JMK; LBBZ; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849467919
SKU
V9781849467919
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99-5

About Sofia Moratti
Sofia Moratti is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Law of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and Member of the Ethics Committee of the Neuroscience Area of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy. Dennis Patterson is Board of Governors Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal ... Read more

Reviews for Legal Insanity and the Brain: Science, Law and European Courts
Legal Insanity and the Brain enriches our understanding of the nuance and complexity associated with the intersection of law and neuroscience and makes a novel contribution to the debate...the collection provides a rigorous and accurate introduction to the regulation of legal insanity and the presentation of expert evidence in Europe and the United States. The reader who is unfamiliar with ... Read more

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