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Zusatztext An important monograph, which contains a novel and thought provoking analysis of the role of mental incapacity in the criminal law. Underpinning her analysis with historical research, the author gives a unique insight into the nature and character of mental incapacity doctrines which takes the reader well beyond insanity and related defences to include infancy, intoxication, infanticide and unfitness to plead. The result is a book which will not only challenge and enlighten scholarly debate but also will help to stimulate and inform the current reform agenda. Informationen zum Autor Dr Arlie Loughnan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney. Her research concerns criminal law and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the relationship between legal doctrines, practices, institutions, and knowledge. Her particular interests are criminal responsibility and non-responsibility, the interaction of legal and expert medical knowledges and the historical development of the criminal law. Dr Loughnan holds a PhD from LSE and an LLM from NYU Law School. Klappentext Bringing together previously disparate discussions on criminal responsibility from law, psychology, and philosophy, this book provides a close study of mental incapacity defences, tracing their development through historical cases to the modern era. Zusammenfassung Bringing together previously disparate discussions on criminal responsibility from law, psychology, and philosophy, this book provides a close study of mental incapacity defences, tracing their development through historical cases to the modern era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I 1: The Terrain of Mental Incapacity in Criminal Law 2: Putting Mental Incapacity Together Again 3: 'Manifest Madness': The Intersection of 'Madness' and Crime Part II 4: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Unfitness to Plead and Infancy 5: Incapacity and Disability: The Exculpatory Doctrines of Insanity and Automatism 6: Knowing and Proving Exculpatory Mental Incapacity Part III 7: 'Since the Days of Noah': The Law of Intoxicated Offending 8: Gender, 'Madness', and Crime: The Doctrine of Infanticide 9: Differences of Degree and Differences of Kind: Diminished Responsibility Bibliography ...
