Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law

Alec Buchanan

Number 17 in the Forensic Focus series

Paperback: £25.00 / $44.95

2000, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-797-0, BIC 2: JMK MMF

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1. Preliminaries. 2. The Theory of Justification and Excuse. 3. Psychiatric Aspects of Mitigation. 4. How Can Mental States Excuse? 5. What Does the Law Allow to Excuse? 6. Drawbacks of the Present Provision. 7. Alternatives to the Present Provision. Cases Cited. References. Index.

Author information

• Alec Buchanan

Subject areas

• Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Keywords

• forensic psychiatry,
• law,
• mental health,
• offenders,
• psychiatry,
• psychology

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