Joel Peter Eigen
Biographic Data
| ID | 257066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Peter Eigen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Eigen |
| SIGNATURE | EIGEN J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Franklin & Marshall College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London
Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London Get access Eigen Joel Peter, Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xii, 223 pp. $39.95. Allyson N. May Allyson N. May University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Is…
Evil or Ill? Justifying the Insanity Defense . Lawrie Reznek
Lesion of the Will: Medical Resolve and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian Insanity Trials
Analysis of courtroom testimony heard in London's Central Criminal Court in the 10 years following the McNaughtan acquittal (1843) reveals the effort of medical witnesses to establish a distinctive and essential voice in the Victorian insanity trial. Three trials that illustrate this effort are examined for the manner in which practitioners of mental medicine distinguished their opinion from the layperson's fact and, in the process, engaged pivot…
Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court
Through analysis of the elements and development of the insanity defence in hundreds of ordinary prosecutions, this work investigates the evolution of medical testimony in British insanity trials from its beginnings in 1760 to 1843
Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court
Journal Article Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court Get access Eigen Joel Peter, Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995. xv, 240 pp. $32.50. Clive Emsley Clive Emsley The Open University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 40, Issue 3, July 1996, Pages 366–367, https://…
Augustan England: Professions, State and Society (Book)
Lesion of the Will: Medical Resolve and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian Insanity Trials
Analysis of courtroom testimony heard in London's Central Criminal Court in the 10 years following the McNaughtan acquittal (1843) reveals the effort of medical witnesses to establish a distinctive and essential voice in the Victorian insanity trial. Three trials that illustrate this effort are examined for the manner in which practitioners of mental medicine distinguished their opinion from the layperson's fact and, in the process, engaged pivot…
Augustan England: Professions, State and Society (Book)
Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court
Journal Article Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court Get access Eigen Joel Peter, Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995. xv, 240 pp. $32.50. Clive Emsley Clive Emsley The Open University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 40, Issue 3, July 1996, Pages 366–367, https://…
Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad-Doctors in the English Court
Through analysis of the elements and development of the insanity defence in hundreds of ordinary prosecutions, this work investigates the evolution of medical testimony in British insanity trials from its beginnings in 1760 to 1843
Evil or Ill? Justifying the Insanity Defense . Lawrie Reznek
Lesion of the Will: Medical Resolve and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian Insanity Trials
Analysis of courtroom testimony heard in London's Central Criminal Court in the 10 years following the McNaughtan acquittal (1843) reveals the effort of medical witnesses to establish a distinctive and essential voice in the Victorian insanity trial. Three trials that illustrate this effort are examined for the manner in which practitioners of mental medicine distinguished their opinion from the layperson's fact and, in the process, engaged pivot…
Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London
Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London Get access Eigen Joel Peter, Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xii, 223 pp. $39.95. Allyson N. May Allyson N. May University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Is…
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