Criminal responsibility / by Charles Mercier.
"Although, therefore, the subject of criminal responsibility has been considered and treated exhaustively, by Sir FitzJames Stephen, from the point of view of the professional lawyer who was in psychology an amateur, it seems that its treatment is not complete until it has been considered anew...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon Press,
1905.
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| Series: | Ebsco PsychBooks.
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "Although, therefore, the subject of criminal responsibility has been considered and treated exhaustively, by Sir FitzJames Stephen, from the point of view of the professional lawyer who was in psychology an amateur, it seems that its treatment is not complete until it has been considered anew by a professional psychologist. Sir FitzJames Stephen was hampered by an insufficient knowledge of the working of the mind in health and disease. That he was so hampered he formally admits, and the admission is no disparagement to him. He made the best use of the knowledge of his time, and he obtained a singular degree of mastery over the knowledge of insanity that was then available. But in twenty years our knowledge has advanced; and I think the time is ripe to complement his work by another, written from the complementary point of view. This is the task that I have essayed"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
| ISSN: | 2188-1601 |