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The Insanity Defence provides an essential comparative perspective on the theory and practice of the insanity defence in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. It is a companion volume to
Fitness to Plead (OUP 2018) by the same editors and is written and edited by a team of leading experts in the field.
List of contents
- 1: Ronnie Mackay and Warren Brookbanks: Introduction
- 2: Ronnie Mackay: The Insanity Defence in English Law
- 3: David Ormerod and Mark Dsouza: Reforming the Insanity Defence in England and Wales
- 4: Gerry Maher: The Mental Disorder Defence in Scots Law
- 5: Paul McCutcheon: The Insanity Defence in Irish Law
- 6: Gerry Ferguson: The Mental Disorder Defence: Canadian Law and Practice
- 7: Warren Brookbanks: The Insanity Defence: Conflict and Reform in New Zealand
- 8: Ian Freckelton: The Insanity Defence under Australian Law
- 9: Stephen Morse: Before and After Hinckley: Legal Insanity in the United States
- 10: Audrey Guinchard: The Insanity Defence in French law: are prisons the new asylums?
- 11: Regina Rauxloh: Insanity in German Criminal Law
- 12: Gerben Meynen: Legal insanity in the Netherlands: Regulations and Reflections
- 13: Linda Grøning: Criminal Insanity in Norwegian Law
- 14: Lilou Jiang: The Insanity Defence in China
- 15: Ian Freckelton and Magda Karagiannakis: The Insanity Defence in International Criminal Law
- 16: Ronnie Mackay and Warren Brookbanks: Conclusion
About the author
Ronnie Mackay, Professor of Criminal Policy and Mental Health, Leicester De Montfort Law School, De Montfort University, UK.
Warren Brookbanks, Professor of Criminal Law and Justice Studies, Director of the Centre for Non-Adversarial Justice at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Summary
The Insanity Defence provides an essential comparative perspective on the theory and practice of the insanity defence in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. It is a companion volume to Fitness to Plead (OUP 2018) by the same editors and is written and edited by a team of leading experts in the field.
Additional text
The Insanity Defence: International and Comparative Perspectives, a thoughtful compilation edited by Ronnie Mackay and Warren Brookbanks, seeks to expand our conceptual horizons by providing a comparative overview of the insanity defense in a dozen common and civil law jurisdictions. This impressive work, generated by leading scholars around the globe, is a significant contribution to comparative criminal law and no doubt will be a cherished reference for years to come.
