Law and the Modern Mind: Consciousness and Responsibility in American Legal Culture
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- Synopsis
- Headline-grabbing murders are not the only cases in which sanity has been disputed in the American courtroom. Susanna Blumenthal traces this litigation, revealing how ideas of human consciousness, agency, and responsibility have shaped American jurisprudence as judges struggled to reconcile Enlightenment rationality with new sciences of the mind.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780674495531
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780674048935
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/22/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Harvard University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
- Submitted By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.