A Man against Insanity
نویسنده
چکیده
who by the time he had passed his final medical examination at the age of 40 had been a steel mill melter, a locomotive fireman, a barman, an insurance salesman, and a whisky pedlar, and also a medical student (off and on) for 18 years. After obtaining his qualification in 1948 he spent some time working at a general hospital, and this was followed by a highly successful period as a family doctor.
منابع مشابه
The slayer statute and insanity.
It is common law that persons cannot benefit from their crimes. For this reason, most states have enacted slayer rules that prevent a killer from sharing in the victim's estate. However, terms in the slayer rules, such as willful and unlawful, can be difficult to apply, as illustrated by the situation in which a slayer is found not guilty by reason of insanity. The Washington Supreme Court has ...
متن کاملPhilosophical Perspectives on the Insanity Defense
1 The insanity defense and philosophy More has been written on the insanity defense than on any other single topic in criminal law,1 and yet statistically the plea of insanity is fairly rare, being considerably less common as a courtroom phenomenon than most laymen might expect.2 A reason for this apparent antinomy is that the insanity defense raises assumptions and issues that are at the very ...
متن کاملThe Constitutional Requirements for Tropical Life: With Special Reference to Temperaments
be entitled to consideration, oftentimes irrespective of temperament; and that peculiarity of hereditary disposition termed atavism, in which a morbid tendency disappears in one generation to reappear in the next, should not be forgotten. Unfortunately, many people attempt to conceal family weaknesses of the kind, and the medical man is often obliged to form a judgment from equivocating answers...
متن کاملHendricks v. People: forcing the insanity defense on an unwilling defendant.
At least 17 jurisdictions permit insanity defenses to be entered over the objections of defendants. Those jurisdictions believe that society's interest in a just determination of the charges outweighs a competent defendant's choice. If competency includes the ability to rationally choose a plea, competent defendants should not be forced to enter insanity defenses against their wills.
متن کاملThe insanity defense and game theory: reflections on Texas v. Yates.
On March 14, 2002, the murder trial of Andrea Yates, a woman with a psychotic illness who drowned her five children, ended in a guilty verdict and a life sentence. Ten days later, A Beautiful Mind, the movie about John Nash, a man who recovered from a psychotic illness, won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture. In what might be called “a beautiful irony,” Nash’s Nobel Prize-winning work, w...
متن کامل