Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law

Front matter

MANIFEST MADNESS

MENTAL INCAPACITY IN CRIMINAL LAW

ARLIE LOUGHNAN

Contents

Table of Cases Xv Table of Old Bailey Proceedings xix Table of Legislation xxi List of Abbreviations xxiii PART I 1. The Terrain of Mental Incapacity in Criminal Law Why Examine Mental Incapacity? 3 Carving Out a Useful Approach to Mental Incapacity in Criminal Law 7 Overview of the Book 12 2. Putting Mental Incapacity Together Again 16 Reconstructing Mental Incapacity in Criminal Law 17 The Category of Mental Incapacity Doctrines in Criminal Law 26 Difference within Criminal Law 34 3. ‘Manifest Madness’: The Intersection of ‘Madness’ and Crime 39 The Terrain of Mental Incapacity in Criminal Law 40 The Ontology of ‘Madness’ at the Point of Intersection with Crime 49

The Epistemology of ‘Madness’ at the Point of Intersection with Crime 57