عنوان

Disorder in the court :

شابک

0817391630

شابک

9780817391638

شابک اشتباه

0817319727

شابک اشتباه

0817391630

شابک اشتباه

9780817319724

عنوان اصلي

Disorder in the court :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

morality, myth, and the insanity defense /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Andrea L. Alden.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Tuscaloosa, Alabama :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Alabama Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2018]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2018

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (x, 197 pages)

عنوان فروست

Rhetoric, law, and the humanities

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reasoning with Madness; 1. Framing the Issue: What Rhetoric Can Offer to the Conversation; 2. A Brief History of Western Thought on Mental Illness and Its Relevance to the Law; 3. Knowing Right from Wrong: The Trial of Daniel McNaughtan; 4. Late Nineteenth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: Parsons, Davis, and the "Irresistible Impulse" Test; 5. Mid-Twentieth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: Durham v. United States and the "Product" Test.

متن يادداشت

6. Late Twentieth-Century Insanity Defense Jurisprudence: The Trial of John Hinckley Jr. and the Insanity Defense Reform ActConclusion. The Insanity Defense Since Hinckley; Appendix 1. Parsons v. State; Appendix 2. Davis v. United States; Appendix 3. Durham v. United States; Appendix 4. Hinckley Letter to Jodie Foster; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

8

متن يادداشت

"The first book-length rhetorical history and analysis of the insanity defense. The insanity defense is considered one of the most controversial, most misunderstood, and least straightforward subjects in the American legal system. Disorder in the Court: Morality, Myth, and the Insanity Defense traces the US legal standards for the insanity defense as they have evolved from 1843, when they were first codified in England, to 1984, when the US government attempted to revise them through the Insanity Defense Reform Act. Throughout this period "insanity" existed primarily as a legal term rather than a medical one; yet the testimony of psychiatric experts is required in cases in which an insanity defense is raised. The adjudication of such cases by courtroom practice is caught between two different but overlapping discourses, the legal and the medical, both of which have historically sought to assert and maintain firm disciplinary boundaries. Both expert and lay audiences have struggled to understand and apply commonplace definitions of sanity, and the portrayal of the insanity defense in popular culture has only served to further frustrate such understandings. Andrea L. Alden argues that the problems with understanding the insanity defense are, at their foundation, rhetorical. The legal concept of what constitutes insanity and, therefore, an abdication of responsibility for one's actions does not map neatly onto the mental health professions' understandings of mental illness and how that affects an individual's ability to understand or control his or her actions. Additionally, there are multiple layers of persuasion involved in any effort to convince a judge, jury--or a public, for that matter--that a defendant is or is not responsible for his or her actions at a particular moment in time. Alden examines landmark court cases such as the trial of Daniel McNaughtan, Durham v. United States, and the trial of John Hinckley Jr. that signal the major shifts in the legal definitions of the insanity defense. Combining archival, textual, and rhetorical analysis, Alden offers a close reading of texts including trial transcripts, appellate court opinions, and relevant medical literature from the time period. She contextualizes these analyses through popular texts--for example, newspaper articles and editorials--showing that while all societies have maintained some version of mental illness as a mitigating factor in their penal systems, the insanity defense has always been fraught with controversy"--

متن يادداشت

"The insanity defense is considered one of the most controversial, most misunderstood, and least straightforward subjects in the American legal system. Disorder in the Court: Morality, Myth, and the Insanity Defense traces the US legal standards for the insanity defense as they have evolved from 1843, when they were first codified in England, to 1984, when the US government attempted to revise them through the Insanity Defense Reform Act. Throughout this period "insanity" existed primarily as a legal term rather than a medical one; yet the testimony of psychiatric experts is required in cases in which an insanity defense is raised"--

عنوان

Disorder in the court.

موضوع مستند نشده

Forensic psychiatry-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity (Law)-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity (Law)-- United States, Cases.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity defense-- United States-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Law-- United States-- Psychological aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Mental health laws-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Forensic psychiatry.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity (Law)

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity defense.

موضوع مستند نشده

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Rhetoric.

موضوع مستند نشده

LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.

موضوع مستند نشده

LAW-- Mental Health.

موضوع مستند نشده

Law-- Psychological aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Mental health laws.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

LAW-- 026000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Alden, Andrea L.,1977-

تاريخ عمليات

20200822135605.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y