Evil or Ill?: Justifying the Insanity Defence (Philosophical Issues in Science)

Evil or Ill?: Justifying the Insanity Defence (Philosophical Issues in Science)

by Lawrie Reznek (Author)

Synopsis

Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily accessible and elegant style, he explains that in law, there exists two excuses derived from Aristotle: the excuses of ignorance and compulsion. Reznek, however proposes a third excuse - the excuse of character change. In introducing this third excuse, Reznek raises a controversial possibility - the abolition of the insanity defence.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02 Oct 1997

ISBN 10: 0415167000
ISBN 13: 9780415167000

Media Reviews
... an important contribution to enlightened philosophical anthropology.
- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Spring 2000
Rezneck covers an impressively broad array of topics in relatively few pages. His presentation is entertaining, relevant, and readable. He shows courage in taking on some of the most difficult issues in forensic psychiatry..
-American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 26, No. 3, 1998