Unconscious crime
Subtitle: mental absence and criminal responsibility in Victorian London
By: Joel Peter Eigen.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Description: The author introduces readers to the concept of "double consciousness" as it arose in the nineteenth century through several trials that serve as detailed examination of this phenomenon. Based on extensive research using verbatim courtroom narratives, the book reveals a growing estrangement between law and medicine over the legal concept of the Person as a rational and purposeful actor with a clear understanding of consequences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: Double consciousness in the nineteenth century; title: "Do you remember Cardiff?"; title: "I mean she was quite absent"; title: The princess and the cherry juice; title: An unconscious poisoning; title: Crimes of an automaton.