Legal Insanity and the Brain

Science, Law and European Courts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Sofia Moratti, Dennis Patterson, Dr Sofia Moratti, Professor Dennis Patterson

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This landmark publication offers a unique comparative and interdisciplinary study of criminal insanity and neuroscience. Criminal law theories and ideologies which underpin the regulation of criminal insanity have always been the subject of controversy. The history of criminal insanity is characterised by conceptual and empirical tension between two disciplinary realms: the law and the mind sciences. The authors in this anthology explore in depth the state of the art of legal insanity and the numerous intricate, fascinating, pioneering and sophisticated questions raised by the integration of different criminal law and behaviour theories, diverse disciplines and methodologies, in a genuinely interdisciplinary perspective. This volume will serve as a practical guide for the comparative legal scholar and the judge, as well as stimulating scholarly reading for the neuroscientist, the social scientist and the philosopher with interdisciplinary scientific interests.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-10-20
Mått156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt651 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781849467919

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Sofia Moratti is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Law of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and Member of the Ethics Committee of the Neuroscience Area of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.Dennis Patterson is Board of Governors Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and he holds a Chair in Legal Theory and International Trade at Swansea University, UK.

1. Introduction Sofia Moratti and Dennis Patterson2. The Neurobiology of Antisocial and Amoral Behaviour: Insights from Brain Science and Implications for Law Cole Korponay and Michael Koenigs3. ‘Neuroscepticism’ in the Courtroom: The Limited Role of Neuroscientific Evidence in Belgian Criminal Proceedings Katrien Hanoulle and Frank Verbruggen4. France. Is the Evidence Too Cerebral to Be Cartesian? Rafael Encinas de Muñagorri and Claire Saas 5. ‘Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity’ in the Italian Jurisdiction. A Neuroscience Revolution? Barbara Bottalico and Amedeo Santosuosso6. Legal Insanity and Neurolaw in the Netherlands: Developments and Debates Gerben Meynen7. On the Abolition and Reintroduction of Legal Insanity in Sweden Tova Bennet and Susanna Radovic8. Abolishing the Insanity Verdict in the United Kingdom: A Better Balance Between Legal Rules and Scientific Understanding? Lisa Claydon and Paul Catley9. Legal Insanity in the Age of Neuroscience Stephen J Morse

Legal Insanity and the Brain enriches our understanding of the nuance and complexity associated with the intersection of law and neuroscience and makes a novel contribution to the debate...the collection provides a rigorous and accurate introduction to the regulation of legal insanity and the presentation of expert evidence in Europe and the United States. The reader who is unfamiliar with these themes, and who is looking for an updated account of the most recent proposals in this area of criminal law, will find an extremely valuable resource in this volume.