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9780743205894

Knowing Right From Wrong The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743205894

  • ISBN10:

    0743205898

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Free Press
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Summary

From Simon & Schuster, Knowing Right From Wrong is Richard Moran's look at the insanity defense of Daniel McNaughtan.

In this examination of the precedent-setting case, Moran looks through an enlightened humanitarian lens of judgments passed on mentally ill defendants by judges and juries as a result of political climate and considerations.

Author Biography

Richard Moran is the author of Knowing Right From Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan, a Free Press book.
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
The Spelling of Daniel McNaughtan's Name xi
Introduction 1(6)
``I Know What I'm About''
7(18)
``It Is Sir Robert Peel, Is It Not?''
25(16)
``Driven to Desperation by Persecution''
41(19)
Sir Robert Peel: ``Damn Him, Sink Him!''
60(17)
The Queen Against Daniel McNaughtan
77(32)
``A Ton of Drugs Will Not Cure Me''
109(16)
``I Am Guilty of Firing''
125(66)
Appendixes
A. House of Lords Debate
147(21)
B. The McNaughtan Rules
168(8)
C. The People's Charter
176(3)
D. The Second National Petition
179(6)
E. McNaughtan's Banking Records
185(1)
F. Post Mortem Report of Daniel McNaughtan
186(2)
G. McNaughtan's Poem and Notebook
188(3)
Notes 191(22)
Bibliography 213(12)
Name Index 225(6)
Subject Index 231

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