Insanity And Injustice
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the fraught intersection of mental illness and the law, Insanity and Injustice presents a penetrating examination of how legal systems grapple with the profound and often troubling question of criminal responsibility when the mind itself is in dispute. Written by The Honourable J. P. Bourke, a figure of legal authority, and D. S. Sonenberg, the work chronicles the deep tensions between psychiatric understanding and judicial process, arguing that the treatment of the mentally ill within the courtroom has long been a site of systemic failure and moral ambiguity. Drawing on case law, medical insight, and rigorous legal analysis, the authors illuminate the human cost of a system ill-equipped to adjudicate the boundaries of sanity. Published by The Jacaranda Press, this authoritative work stands as a significant contribution to the literature on law and mental health in the Australian context, situating local legal practice within broader questions of justice, compassion, and institutional reform. The authors write with the measured gravitas of seasoned legal and medical minds, yet their prose carries an unmistakable urgency — one that compels the reader to question whether justice, in its truest sense, is ever truly served when the mind stands accused.
Author: J. P. Bourke And D. S. Sonenberg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, The Jacaranda Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the fraught intersection of mental illness and the law, Insanity and Injustice presents a penetrating examination of how legal systems grapple with the profound and often troubling question of criminal responsibility when the mind itself is in dispute. Written by The Honourable J. P. Bourke, a figure of legal authority, and D. S. Sonenberg, the work chronicles the deep tensions between psychiatric understanding and judicial process, arguing that the treatment of the mentally ill within the courtroom has long been a site of systemic failure and moral ambiguity. Drawing on case law, medical insight, and rigorous legal analysis, the authors illuminate the human cost of a system ill-equipped to adjudicate the boundaries of sanity. Published by The Jacaranda Press, this authoritative work stands as a significant contribution to the literature on law and mental health in the Australian context, situating local legal practice within broader questions of justice, compassion, and institutional reform. The authors write with the measured gravitas of seasoned legal and medical minds, yet their prose carries an unmistakable urgency — one that compels the reader to question whether justice, in its truest sense, is ever truly served when the mind stands accused.