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The Psychiatrist As An Expert Witness: Some Ruminations And Speculations, Bernard L. Diamond, David W. Louisell Jun 1965

The Psychiatrist As An Expert Witness: Some Ruminations And Speculations, Bernard L. Diamond, David W. Louisell

Michigan Law Review

Consider the difference between the expert testimony of an orthopedic surgeon in a personal injury suit and the testimony of a psychiatrist in a murder trial in which some elements of the mens rea are at issue. In both instances an expert opinion is received in evidence, providing the trier of fact with technical, specialized information which must, or should, be available in order to permit a rational decision-making process. Well-established rules govern the nature of expert evidence and its mode of presentation. In legal theory, the orthopedic surgeon and the psychiatrist are both experts-physicians-who perform comparable functions in the …


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.


Legal Medicine And Psychiatry In Turkey, Fahrettin Kerim Gokay Jan 1960

Legal Medicine And Psychiatry In Turkey, Fahrettin Kerim Gokay

Cleveland State Law Review

The utilization of psychiatrists in the handling of legal matters in Turkey began with the reformation in 1908 when "The Legal Medicine Institute" and "The Legal Medicine Council" were founded. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Istanbul created professorial chairs in psychiatry and legal medicine.


Commitment Of The Mentally Ill: Problems Of Law And Policy, Hugh Alan Ross May 1959

Commitment Of The Mentally Ill: Problems Of Law And Policy, Hugh Alan Ross

Michigan Law Review

A number of recent events makes it timely to reconsider certain aspects of the relation between psychiatry and the law. In the past decade, both the public and the legal profession have been increasingly concerned with the impact of mental illness on the law. In 1952, an outstanding text, Psychiatry and The Law, was published as the joint effort of a lawyer and a psychiatrist. Two years later the Durham case laid down a new test of insanity in criminal cases, rejecting the M'Naghten rule. Interest in the case resulted in a host of law review articles, symposiums, and …


Mental Illness And The Law Of Contracts, Robert M. Brucken S.Ed., David L. Genger S.Ed., Denis T. Rice S.Ed., Mark Shaevsky S.Ed., William R. Slye S.Ed., Robert P. Volpe S.Ed. May 1959

Mental Illness And The Law Of Contracts, Robert M. Brucken S.Ed., David L. Genger S.Ed., Denis T. Rice S.Ed., Mark Shaevsky S.Ed., William R. Slye S.Ed., Robert P. Volpe S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The traditional and most important problem relative to mental illness and the contract is the situation created when mental illness exists at the time of agreement (the problem of contractual capacity). One principal result of mental illness at this time may be the avoidance of the contract by the mentally ill person. Since case law in this area is extensive, the major portion of the study is concerned with this problem (parts II, III and IV) and the effects of such incapacity throughout the remaining course of the contract. Mental illness occurring after agreement and at the time of performance …


Macdonald: Psychiatry And The Criminal, Raymond L. Carol Apr 1959

Macdonald: Psychiatry And The Criminal, Raymond L. Carol

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Psychiatry and the Criminal By John M. MacDonald.


Psychiatry And Criminal Responsibility, Jerome Hall Jan 1956

Psychiatry And Criminal Responsibility, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Hospitalization Of The Voluntary Mental Patient, Hugh A. Ross Jan 1955

Hospitalization Of The Voluntary Mental Patient, Hugh A. Ross

Michigan Law Review

In 1949, the last year for which accurate statistics are available, 390,567 persons were admitted to mental hospitals in the United States. Total annual cost of mental illness, including loss of earnings, has been estimated to be over a billion dollars a year. Although the problems involved in admission of the mentally ill patient to a hospital are usually thought of in terms of formal involuntary commitment proceedings, there is an increasing awareness of the desirability of provision for voluntary procedures which would encourage prompt and effective medical care. Voluntary admission is not a form of commitment, although it may …


Guttmacher & Weihofen: Psychiatry And The Law., Morris Ploscowe Dec 1953

Guttmacher & Weihofen: Psychiatry And The Law., Morris Ploscowe

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Psychiatry and the Law. By Manfred. S. Guttmacher and Henry Weihofen.


Psychiatry And The Law -- A Dual Review, Jerome Hall, Karl Menninger Jan 1953

Psychiatry And The Law -- A Dual Review, Jerome Hall, Karl Menninger

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Administering Justice The Medical Prepossession, Clarence A. Lightner Jun 1919

Administering Justice The Medical Prepossession, Clarence A. Lightner

Michigan Law Review

This quotation is from a recent document coming from con- servative and intelligent sources, recommending as a cure for economic and commercial unrest, and other evils, the creation of a League of National Guilds.