Madness on trial: A transatlantic history of English civil law and lunacy
- ISBN-10
- 1526133059
- ISBN-13
- 9781526133052
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-05-13
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- James Moran
Description
This book examines the role of civil law in determining mental capacity over a five hundred year period in England and in New Jersey.
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