Daniel McNaughton: His Trial and the Aftermath

Edited by Donald J. West & Alexander Walk


Price: £20.00

 

College members' price: £18.00

 

Published: 1979

 

Format: paperback

 

Number of pages: 186

 

ISBN: 9780902241015


The history and operation of the famous McNaughton Rules for determining the criminal responsibility of insane offenders.
 

Contents

  • The McNaughton case and its predecessors. Sir Roger Ormrod
  • The Queen v. Daniel McNaughton. State Trials Report
  • The House of Lords and the Judges' 'Rules'.
  • A comparison of reports in State Trials and the Annual Register. E. H. Hare
  • On the spelling of Daniel McNaughton's name. Bernard L. Diamond
  • McNaughton's madness. Henry R. Rollin
  • Why was McNaughton sent to Bethlem? Patricia Allderidge
  • What we thought about it all. Alexander Walk
  • The Rules in Action. N. D. Walker
  • The McNaughton Rules in the United States. A. S. Goldstein and Martin Marcus
  • McNaughton in the Antipodes. Louis Waller

 

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