Madness as a Legal Defense
Examen médical des procès criminels des nommés Léger, Feldtmann, Lecouffe, Jean-Pierre et Papavoine. Dans lesquels l'aliénation mentale a été alléguée comme moyen de défense. Suivi de quelques considérations médico-légales sur la liberté morale. [Manuscript Copy].
Paris: chez Migneret, 1825.
Price: $750.00
About the item
Ink on paper in a fine hand, 22 line with running head. 342, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Madness as a Legal Defense. Contemporary quarter red calf and marbled boards. Some rubbing to extremities. Very good, internally fine. OCLC: 14836839 for published book.
Item #316218
A contemporary manuscript copy of a published book by Dr. Étienne-Jean Georget (1795-1828), who published several works considering the medical and legal aspects of the insanity defense beginning in 1820.
