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Guest Book Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

William J. Curran
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Medicolegal Reference Library
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American Journal of Law & Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , 1986 , pp. 313 - 317
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1986

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References

1 K. Jones, A History of the Mental Health Services (1972).

2 See generally F. Alexander & S. Selesnick, the History of Psychiatry (1966).

3 W.J. Curran & T.W. Harding, the Law and Mental Health: Harmonizing Objectives (1978).

4 F. Alexander & S. Selesnick, supra note 2.

5 Mental Health Act, 1982; Mental Health Act, 1983.

6 S.J. Brakel, J. Parry, & B.A. Weiner, The Mentally Disabled And The Law (3rd ed. 1985).

* After the completion of this book, Mr. Gostin has returned to the United States. He is currently Executive Director of the American Society of Law and Medicine.

7 Mental Health Act, 1983, § 1(2).

8 W. v. L” [1974] 1 Q.B. 711, 719.

9 W.J. Curran & T.W. Harding, supra note 3.

10 See Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency, Cmd. 169 (1957).

11 Mental Health Act, 1983, § 131(1).

12 Id. at § 5(2)q. 13 See particularly, id. at §§4, 5, 6, & 33.

14 M'Naghten's Case, 10 CI. & Fin. 200, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 (1843).

15 Homicide Act, 1957, § 2(1).

16 Id.\ see also R. v. Byrne, 44 Crim. App. 246, 252 (1966).

17 Report of the Committee on Mentally Abnormal Offenders, Cmd. 6244 (1975).

18 Mental Health Act, 1982.

19 Mental Health Act, 1983.