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The Plea Of Insanity In Criminal Cases
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published New Da Capo Press in 1843 in 103 pages; Dangerously mentally ill; Forensic Psychiatry; Law / General; Law / Criminal Law / General; Law / Legal History; Law / Mental Health; Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Forensic Psychology; Psychology / Mental Illness;
78 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1843
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January 13, 2013
I acquired the 1843 edition from Wm. Allen Booksellers in Philadelphia. Mr. Allen had put it aside for me knowing I would find it fascinating. He was never wrong. It had been sold out of the German town Friend"s Library Having been taken out by Dick Leonard in May 1946 renewed in June 1946, and then by Kathleen McCurdy April 26, 1957. Though published in Boston, it was dedicated to Pollack, Holmes correspondent, and Winslow was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeon, London. It is addressed to English Law. It is scholarly and provides a concise documented history of the development and status of the law of the subject as of that date, which is noteworthy as Dr. Winslow is not indicated to have been a Solicitor or Barrister. The appendix sets out a few seminal opinions in a few seminal case of note. For those interested in legal history it is an excellent concise resource (11 tightly reasoned and efficiently expressed pages)
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