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Criminal Law - Insane Persons - Influence Of Mental Illness On The Parole Return Process, David G. Davies S.Ed., John H. Hess M.D. May 1961

Criminal Law - Insane Persons - Influence Of Mental Illness On The Parole Return Process, David G. Davies S.Ed., John H. Hess M.D.

Michigan Law Review

Defendants in the criminal process are divided into rigidly exclusive categories of mental health. The competent to stand trial are first separated from the incompetent. Then the competent are divided on the basis of their mental state at the time of their acts between the "sane" and the "insane." As long as these rigid categories are administered in an adversary trial system, some misdirection of victims of serious mental illness into the penal system is almost inevitable. Even where mental illness might otherwise prevent conviction, those accused of non-capital felonies are not likely to raise the question, and few courts …


Havard: The Detection Of Secret Homicide, B. J. George Jr. May 1961

Havard: The Detection Of Secret Homicide, B. J. George Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Detection of Secret Homicide. By J. D. J. Havard.


Group For The Advancement Of Psychiatry: Confidentiality And Privileged Communication In The Practice Of Psychiatry, Henry Weihofen May 1961

Group For The Advancement Of Psychiatry: Confidentiality And Privileged Communication In The Practice Of Psychiatry, Henry Weihofen

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Confidentiality and Privileged Communication in the Practice of Psychiatry. Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.


Associations-Expulsion, Suspension, Or Exclusion Of Members-Physician's Right To Membership In County Medical Society, David K. Kroll Mar 1961

Associations-Expulsion, Suspension, Or Exclusion Of Members-Physician's Right To Membership In County Medical Society, David K. Kroll

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff had satisfied all state requirements for the practice of medicine on the basis of work at an osteopathic college and residency at an osteopathic hospital, and had received a state license to practice medicine and surgery. Subsequently, plaintiff attended an AMA accredited medical college which awarded him a degree based in part on his osteopathic training. The Middlesex County Medical Society refused to admit plaintiff into active membership because he had not fulfilled the membership requirement of four years of study in a medical school approved by the AMA. As a result, two private hospitals terminated plaintiff's staff membership …