How often is the defense of insanity or temporary insanity for accused criminals valid-or is it ever legitimate? This unique work presents multidisciplinary viewpoints that explain, support, and critique the insanity defense as it stands.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Essentials of the Law.
1: The Insanity Defense: Nine Myths That Will Not Go Away.
2: The Temporary Insanity Defense.
3: Mens Rea and Mental Disorder.
Psychiatry and the Law.
4: The Shadows of Normality: Legal Insanity under Modern Criminal Law*.
5: Insanity Constructs.
6: Insanity: Neurolaw and Forensic Psychiatry.
Philosophy and the Law.
7: The Mistaken Quest for a Control Test: For a Rationality Standard of Sanity.
8: Legal Insanity and Executive Function.
9: Insanity and Free Will: The Humanitarian Argument for Abolition.
Law, Policy, and Reform.
10: Abolishing Insanity: Proposals from England and Wales.
11: Mental Insanity at the International Criminal Court: Proposal for a New Regulation.
12: Andrea Yates: A Continuing Story about Insanity.
