Law and the Modern Mind

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
Cover of the book Law and the Modern Mind by Susanna L. Blumenthal, Harvard University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Harvard University Press

Cover of the book Mexicans in the Making of America by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Hattiesburg by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Basic Income by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Thinking Off Your Feet by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Against Obligation by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book No Property in Man by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Japan Rearmed by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Athens by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book The Gandhian Moment by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book A Great and Wretched City by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Collected Papers on Monetary Theory by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book The Great Convergence by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine by Susanna L. Blumenthal
Cover of the book The Great Leveler by Susanna L. Blumenthal
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy