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Alcoholism And The Law, Melvin L. Selzer Dec 1957

Alcoholism And The Law, Melvin L. Selzer

Michigan Law Review

The American public has recently been subjected to a deluge of articles and books on the subject of alcoholism. While these contributions have been filled with valuable information, certain omissions have been noticeable. These omitted facts are of vital significance to any one wanting to gain insight into the broad problem of alcoholism. The first omission is a failure to stress that no one-or almost no one-knows who is alcoholic. This may include the alcoholic himself. It is a point of considerable importance in determining the proper disposition of certain criminal cases.


Present Insanity - From The Common Law To The Mental Health Act And Back, Samuel Polsky Jan 1957

Present Insanity - From The Common Law To The Mental Health Act And Back, Samuel Polsky

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Recent Decisions, Various Editors Jan 1957

Recent Decisions, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law - Criminal Law - Power Of Federal Government To Commit Mentally Incompetent Persons Charged With Federal Crimes, William C. Becker S.Ed. Nov 1956

Constitutional Law - Criminal Law - Power Of Federal Government To Commit Mentally Incompetent Persons Charged With Federal Crimes, William C. Becker S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner was indicted for robbery from a United States Post Office. After a series of hearings and examinations, the district court found petitioner so mentally incompetent that he could not stand trial, and that, if released, he would probably endanger the safety of the officers, property, or other interests of the United States. The district court ordered petitioner committed to the custody of the Attorney General for confinement in a mental institution. This order was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, one judge dissenting. On certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, held, …


Evidence - Physician - Patient Privilege - Applicability To Communication Between State Mental Hospital Psychiatrist And Criminal Internee, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed. Jan 1956

Evidence - Physician - Patient Privilege - Applicability To Communication Between State Mental Hospital Psychiatrist And Criminal Internee, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was committed to a public mental hospital before standing trial on an indictment for robbery. One year later he was brought to trial after being discharged from the hospital as mentally competent. His only defense was insanity. The psychiatrist who had been appointed by the court to examine the defendant testified in support of this defense. The prosecution, in turn, introduced the testimony of the hospital psychiatrist who had attended the defendant during his internment. This psychiatrist was instructed by the trial court that communications between him and the defendant were not privileged. Accordingly, he testified that the defendant …


Responsibility And Law: In Defense Of The Mcnaghten Rules, Jerome Hall Jan 1956

Responsibility And Law: In Defense Of The Mcnaghten Rules, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Psychiatry And Criminal Responsibility, Jerome Hall Jan 1956

Psychiatry And Criminal Responsibility, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Weihofen: Mental Disorder As A Criminal Defense, Winfred Overholser M.D. Jun 1955

Weihofen: Mental Disorder As A Criminal Defense, Winfred Overholser M.D.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Mental Disorder as a Criminal Defense. By Henry Weihofen.


Criminal Law - Reexamination Of Tests For Criminal Responsibility, Mary Lee Ryan May 1955

Criminal Law - Reexamination Of Tests For Criminal Responsibility, Mary Lee Ryan

Michigan Law Review

Criminal law in the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence is based upon the concept that persons should be held responsible for their acts. A strong corrollary to this idea is that certain types of persons, namely the "insane," should not be held responsible for criminal conduct. Although this proposition seems beautifully simple, courts in England and the United States for over a hundred years have wrestled with the problem of what constitutes insanity, or, to phrase it more accurately, what type of mental condition should preclude responsibility for a criminal act.


Criminal Responsibility And Mental Disorder: New Approaches To An Old Problem Jan 1955

Criminal Responsibility And Mental Disorder: New Approaches To An Old Problem

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Psychology Of The Criminal Act And Punishment, By Gregory Zilboorg, Henry Weihoffen Jan 1955

The Psychology Of The Criminal Act And Punishment, By Gregory Zilboorg, Henry Weihoffen

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Special Statutory Treatment For Sexual Psychopaths, J. A. Guzzetta Apr 1954

Special Statutory Treatment For Sexual Psychopaths, J. A. Guzzetta

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Lawyer Looks At Psychiatry And The Law, Alfred L. Gausewitz Dec 1953

A Lawyer Looks At Psychiatry And The Law, Alfred L. Gausewitz

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Psychiatrist Looks At Psychiatry And The Law, Fredric Wertham Dec 1953

A Psychiatrist Looks At Psychiatry And The Law, Fredric Wertham

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law - ''Temporary Insanity" -Arguments And Proposals For Its Elimination As A Defense To Criminal Prosecution, Lewis R. Williams, Jr. S. Ed. Mar 1951

Criminal Law - ''Temporary Insanity" -Arguments And Proposals For Its Elimination As A Defense To Criminal Prosecution, Lewis R. Williams, Jr. S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

ln view of the apparently increasing number of cases which have come before the courts in recent years in which the defense of "temporary insanity" has been made, an investigation into the status of that defense in the criminal law of today would seem desirable. The term "temporary insanity" is one of popular origin and finds no place in strict legal terminology. The defense of incapacity for the mens rea, legally speaking, is "insanity," not "temporary insanity." But because of the human desire for a mot convenable, we have come to apply the term "temporary insanity" to those …


Criminal Law: Psychiatric Aid In Evaluating The Credibility Of A Prosecuting Witness Charging Rape Oct 1950

Criminal Law: Psychiatric Aid In Evaluating The Credibility Of A Prosecuting Witness Charging Rape

Indiana Law Journal

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Insanity As A Defense In Criminal Law, By Henry Weihofen, Lenn J. Oare Mar 1934

Insanity As A Defense In Criminal Law, By Henry Weihofen, Lenn J. Oare

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review. Burtt, H. E., Legal Psychology, Jerome Hall Jan 1932

Book Review. Burtt, H. E., Legal Psychology, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Book Review. Alexander, F. And Staub, H., The Criminal, The Judge And The Public, Jerome Hall Jan 1932

Book Review. Alexander, F. And Staub, H., The Criminal, The Judge And The Public, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Review: The Law Of Insanity. By George A. Smoot, Arthur Evans Wood Mar 1931

Review: The Law Of Insanity. By George A. Smoot, Arthur Evans Wood

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE LAW OF INSANITY. By George A. Smoot


Statutory Abolition Of Defense Of Insanity In Criminal Cases, John R. Rood Jan 1910

Statutory Abolition Of Defense Of Insanity In Criminal Cases, John R. Rood

Articles

The great lengths to which the defense of insanity has been carried in homicide cases has induced numerous legislative attempts to abolish the evil; and the fate which such legislation has met and deserves at the hands of the courts is a matter of considerable interest.