Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation: The Jurisprudence of Mental Abnormality in Anglo-American Criminal Law

Buchanan examines three fundamental precepts in criminal law: justification, excuse and mitigation. He gives a philosophical analysis, as well as discussing current legal provision for mentally disordered offenders in England and America. The author also combines a jurisprudential analysis of justification, excuse and mitigation with a discussion of current legal provision for metnally disordered offenders.