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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ronnie Mackay (Professor, Professor, De Montfort University) , Warren Brookbanks (Professor of Criminal Law and Justice Studies, Professor of Criminal Law and Justice Studies, AUT Law School)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.772kg ISBN: 9780198854944ISBN 10: 0198854943 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 15 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Ronnie Mackay and Warren Brookbank: 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: Dr 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: ConclusionReviewsThis is an illuminating collection of essays on the insanity defence, covering a variety of jurisdictions, mainly in the Anglo American common law world, but some in the civil, as well as the international criminal court and tribunals. It brings out for discussion the different approaches and many dilemmas posed to our notions of criminal responsibility when a defendant is seriously mentally disordered. It makes a strong case for reform of the law in England and Wales. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in mental health law, whether as lawyers, psychiatrists or for any other reason. * Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond, formerly President, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom * This is an illuminating collection of essays on the insanity defence, covering a variety of jurisdictions, mainly in the Anglo American common law world, but some in the civil, as well as the international criminal court and tribunals. It brings out for discussion the different approaches and many dilemmas posed to our notions of criminal responsibility when a defendant is seriously mentally disordered. It makes a strong case for reform of the law in England and Wales. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in mental health law, whether as lawyers, psychiatrists or for any other reason. * Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond, formerly President, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom * Author InformationRonnie 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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