Legal insanity and the brain : science, law and European courts ; with a foreword by Justice András Sajó, Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights / edited by Sofia Moratti and Dennis Patterson.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford, UK ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.
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xxxi, 297 pages ; 24 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Sofia Moratti and Dennis Patterson
    • The neurobiology of antisocial and amoral behaviour : insights from brain science and implications for law / Cole Korpnay and Michael Koenigs
    • 'Neuroscepticism' in the coutroom : the limited role of neuroscientific evidence in Belgian criminal proceedings / Katrien Hanoulle and Frank Verbruggen
    • France. Is the evidence too cerebral to be cartesian? / Rafael Encinas de Muñagorri and Claire Saas
    • 'Not guilty by reason of insanity' in the Italian jurisdiction. A neuroscience revolution? / Barbara Bottalico and Amedeo Santosuosso
    • Legal insanity and neurolaw in the Netherlands : developments and debates / Gerben Meynen
    • On the abolition and reintrroduction of legal insanity in Sweden / Tova Bennet and Susanna Radovic
    • Abolishing the insanity verdict in the United Kingdom : a better balance between legal rules and scientific understanding? / Lisa Claydon and Paul Catley
    • Legal insanit in the age of neuroscience / Stephen J Morse.
    ISBN
    • 9781849467919 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1849467919 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016019861
    OCLC
    948176216
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