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Jurisprudence "Under-Mind": The Case Of The Atheistic Solipsist, Ira P. Robbins
Jurisprudence "Under-Mind": The Case Of The Atheistic Solipsist, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
Nearly thirty years have passed since the publication of Professor Lon L. Fuller's The Case of the Speluncean Explorers, in which a fictional court expounded upon the manifold ways in which certain harsh necessities, externally imposed upon common people, can test the rules of the criminal law. The instant case is not in- tended to parody the Speluncean Explorers, but rather to complement it with the inverse theme: the singular defendant is a psychologically extraordinary individual existing in a relatively mundane environment. The Atheistic Solipsist provides the opportunity for consideration of the ways internal forces of great intensity can shape …