Wild beasts and idle humours the insanity defense from antiquity to the present.

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Harvard Univ Pr, Cambridge, Mass. : 1996

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16277

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Mentally ill offenders -- History.

Insanity (Law) -- History.

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Introduction

1. Furiosi

2. Immortal souls, mortal cities

3. Possession and witchcraft

4. Wild beasts and idle humours

5. The rise of medical jurisprudence

6. Jural science and social science.

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0674952898

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vi, 299p.