Anglo-American Insanity Defence Reform

The War Between Law and Medicine

Faye Boland

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English

Routledge
31 July 2018

Regional studies; British & Irish history; Jurisprudence & general issues; Criminal law & procedure; Medical & healthcare law

Series: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1999, The book examines the magnitude of the polemic surrounding each attempt to reformulate the insanity defence in the United States, England and Ireland. The book contains a critique of the McNaghten Rules, the defence of irresistible impulse, the product test of insanity, the justly responsible test, the American Law Institute’s test of insanity and the Butler Committee’s proposed revision. At the heart of the controversy surrounding each reformulation has been a medico-legal tension over the wording of the insanity defence and whether law or psychiatry’s view of insanity should prevail. The book looks at the success of the English diminished responsibility defence in abating the controversy. The result of introducing this defence has been the emergence of the legal and medical professions from a state of cold war to entente cordiale. The book explores the reasons for the diminished responsibility defence’s success in resolving the polemic over the insanity defence.

By: Faye Boland
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 219mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138610170
ISBN 10: 1138610178
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 31 July 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The McNaghten Rules. 2. The Defence of Irresistible Impulse. 3. United States Reform Post Irresistible Impulse. 4. Butler and Beyond. 5. The Homicide Act, 1957 and Its Origin. 6. The Defence of Diminished Responsibility in English Law. 7. Conclusions.

Faye Boland, University of Liverpool, UK