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- Publication Name
- WILD BEASTS AND IDLE HUMOURS
- ISBN
- 9780674952898
- Book Title
- Wild Beasts and Idle Humours : the Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Law, Psychology
- Topic
- Mental Health, History, Criminal Procedure, Legal History
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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How does the law regard and define mental incompetence, when faced with the problem of meting out justice? To what extent has the law relied on extra-legal authorities - be they religious or scientific - to frame its own categories of mental incompetence and madness? Wild Beasts and Idle Humours takes us on a journey through the changing historical landscape of human nature and offers an unprecedented look at the legal conceptions of insanity from the pre-classical Greek world to the present. Although actual trial records are either totally lacking or incomplete until the 18th century, there are other sources from which the insanity defenses can be constructed.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674952898
ISBN-13
9780674952898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
639378
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wild Beasts and Idle Humours : the Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mental Health, History, Criminal Procedure, Legal History
Publication Year
1996
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Psychology
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
K5077.R63 1996
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Daniel N. Robinson has written a graceful history of insanity and the law stretching from Homer to Hinckley. He attempts no final theory as to how the law should cope with the insane; he seeks, rather, to use the shifting notions of when madness exculpates criminal activity to illuminate the core self-perceptions of the cultures developing ever-evolving resolutions of the problem...[T]he grandeur of the theme--starting with Agamemnon's crazed humiliation of Achilles and ending yesterday--commands attention and respect., [This] work is a welcome addition to the literature and a valuable book for readers with an interest in either law or psychology. An intellectual history of the interplay of psychology and law within the narrow context of insanity as a legal defense in criminal or civil actions, this book carefully examines the views of human nature prevalent in classical Greece and Rome, the early and later Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and the era of modern science. It then traces the influences of these ideas on the development of the concepts and structures of the law...Both lawyer and lay reader can read this book with benefit., This book is a unique study. It is of great value because of the diversity, richness, and depth of intelligence which is brought to bear on its subject. The author is extremely well-read. He makes deft use of the history of ideas, theology, religious history, medicine and its history, political theory, jurisprudence, literary history, and the rules of evidence as they pertain to expert testimony. He is familiar with the resources of these many disciplines and demonstrates a remarkable ability to have them 'play' together, the way a philharmonic conductor leads the different sections of an orchestra. This is an intellectual symphony of a book., [A] wonderful book...This work ultimately stands as a treatise on Western law's ongoing struggle to contend with a hodge-podge of mental illnesses, unfortunate coincidences, and other unexplained phenomena, dealt with until recently under the rubric of 'magic.' It would be a shame for psychologists, psychiatrists, and legal scholars to miss out on this book...No comprehensive collection of works in this area would be complete without a copy of Wild Beasts and Idle Humours ., Anyone interested in the nature, meaning, and justification of an insanity defense will profit from Robinson's book, whether beginning an examination of that defense or seeking a deeper understanding of it...Highly recommended., [A] wonderful book...This work ultimately stands as a treatise on Western law's ongoing struggle to contend with a hodge-podge of mental illnesses, unfortunate coincidences, and other unexplained phenomena, dealt with until recently under the rubric of 'magic.' It would be a shame for psychologists, psychiatrists, and legal scholars to miss out on this book...No comprehensive collection of works in this area would be complete without a copy of Wild Beasts and Idle Humours., An American psychologist, Daniel N. Robinson, traces the development of the insanity plea...[He offers] an assured historical survey., Professor Robinson's interesting and scholarly book is the first to deal with the history of legal insanity from Ancient Greece and Rome to modern times...Most of the book, dealing with a topic so little known, is fascinating.
Table of Content
Introduction Furiosi Immortal Souls, Mortal Cities Possession and Witchcraft Wild Beasts and Idle Humours The Rise of Medical Jurisprudence Jural Science and Social Science Notes Index
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
96-005644
Dewey Decimal
346/.0138
Dewey Edition
21
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