Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility - A Philosophical Inquiry

Klappentext This is a book about the role that psychological impairment should play in a theory of criminal liability. Zusammenfassung Robert F. Schopp examines the role that psychological impairment should play in a theory of criminal liability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Problematic defenses: insanity; 3. Problematic defenses: automatism; 4. Actions, reasoning, and offenses; 5. Automatism 6. The insanity defense; 7. Moral foundations; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert F. Schopp, Schopp Robert F.
• Assisted by: Jules L. Coleman (Editor), Gerald Postema (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.1991
• EAN: 9780521401500
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40150-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law