The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law

• Main Author: Hallevy, Gabriel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; Forensic medicine.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; International criminal law.; Criminology.; Neuropsychology.; International Criminal Law.; Forensic Medicine.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

This book challenges the assumptions of modern criminal law that insanity is a natural, legally and medically defined phenomenon (covering a range of medical disorders). By doing so, it paves the way for a new perspective on insanity and can serve as the basis for a new approach to insanity in moder...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Modern Defense of Insanity
• 2. Integrating Insanity with the Principle of Fault in Modern Criminal Law
• 3. Tangential in personam General Defenses in Criminal Law and their Implications for Insanity
• 4. Legal Transformation of Fault
• Conclusion.