Law and the Modern Mind

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
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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
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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.

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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.

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