Seeing Voices: Potential Neuroscience Contributions to a Reconstruction of Legal Insanity
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Part I of this Article explains the insanity defense in the United States. Next, Part II discusses some of the brain-based research about mental illness, focusing on schizophrenia research. Then, Part III looks at traumatic brain injury and the relationship among injury, cognition, and behavior. Finally, Part IV explains how a new neuroscience-informed standard might better inform our moral decision making about legal insanity.
Repository Citation
Moriarty, J. C. (2016). Seeing Voices: Potential Neuroscience Contributions to a Reconstruction of Legal Insanity. Fordham Law Review, 85 (2). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/law-faculty-scholarship/100
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