Law and the Modern Mind
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Susanna L. Blumenthal | ISBN: | 9780674495531 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Susanna L. Blumenthal |
| ISBN: | 9780674495531 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | February 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
