Law and the Modern Mind : Consciousness and Responsibility in American Legal Culture /
Blumenthal, Susanna L.
Law and the Modern Mind : Consciousness and Responsibility in American Legal Culture / Susanna L. Blumenthal. - 1 online resource (360 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Testimony of Consciousness -- Chapter 1. Common Sense and Common Law -- Chapter 2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity -- Part II. The Mind in Issue -- Chapter 3. Unnatural Dispositions -- Chapter 4. The Eccentricity of the Will -- Chapter 5. Speculative Mania in the Age of Contract -- Chapter 6. The Consideration of Love -- Chapter 7. The Responsible Originator -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674495517
10.4159/9780674495517 doi
Common law--United States.
Common sense.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Liability (Law)--United States.
Mental health laws--United States.
LAW / Legal History.
KF9242 / .B58 2016
346.7301/38
Law and the Modern Mind : Consciousness and Responsibility in American Legal Culture / Susanna L. Blumenthal. - 1 online resource (360 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Testimony of Consciousness -- Chapter 1. Common Sense and Common Law -- Chapter 2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity -- Part II. The Mind in Issue -- Chapter 3. Unnatural Dispositions -- Chapter 4. The Eccentricity of the Will -- Chapter 5. Speculative Mania in the Age of Contract -- Chapter 6. The Consideration of Love -- Chapter 7. The Responsible Originator -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674495517
10.4159/9780674495517 doi
Common law--United States.
Common sense.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Liability (Law)--United States.
Mental health laws--United States.
LAW / Legal History.
KF9242 / .B58 2016
346.7301/38