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INSANITY, PSYCHIATRY
AND CRIMINAL
RESPONSIBILITY
FINBARR McAULEY
This book is about the way in which mental disorder
affects, criminal responsibility. Unlike the standard
treatments of this subject, which tend to concentrate
on the jurisprudence o f the insanity defence, the
approach set out here also draws heavily on the
scientific literature on mental illness. The result is a
unique attempt to integrate the psychiatric
understanding of mental illness into a conventional
analysis of the knot of legal problems surrounding the
insanity plea.
There are chapters on all aspects of the insanity
defence, including the M'Nagh t en Rules, the notion
of volitional insanity as articulated by the Irish
Supreme Court; the form of the insanity verdict, the
proper limits of psychiatric evidence, the disposition
o f persons acquitted on the grounds o f insanity; the
problem o f psychopathy, the question of fitness for
trial and the need for a complementary defence o f
diminished responsibility.
Irish law and practice provide the core of the book,
although there is a wealth o f comparative material
drawn from a wide range of c ommon - l aw
jurisdictions.
Essential reading forjudges, lawyers, psychiatrists and
students of forensic psychiatry, criminology and
criminal law and all wh o have to grapple with the
problem posed by the mentally disordered defendant.
Publication date: 20 May 1993
ISBN 1 - 8 5 8 0 0 - 0 1 1 -4 £ 3 7 . 5 0.
THE LAW OF
COMPANY INSOLVENCY
MICHAEL FORDE
A definitive treatise o n c omp a ny receiverships,
examinations and w i nd i ng up/liquidations,
together wi th various security and equivalent
interests arising in insolvencies.
T h e b o o k, wh i ch is divided into twen t y - s ix
chapters, c omme n c es wi th a description o f the
various remedies for securing payment available to
creditors outside o f i ns o l vency proceedings. T h e
position o f receivers appointed by a deben t ur e-
holder is then discussed, f o l l owed by a t ho r ough
analysis o f the court protection and exami na t i on
me c han i sm under the 1990 "Go o dma n" Act.
Th e re then is a very extensive treatment o f the law
and practice regarding w i nd i ng up/liquidations,
voluntary and official - comprising about half o f
the entire b o o k. T h e c onc l ud i ng part treats a
variety o f priority and related positions that are
c o mm o n to all types o f i ns o l vency proceedings, for
instance, factoring debts, retention o f title, funds
held in trust, set-offs, fixed and floating charges
and preferential creditors. Th e re are also short
chapters o n the administration o f insolvent
insurance c ompan i es and o n the position o f
emp l o y e es in c omp a ny insolvencies.
An essential wo rk o f reference for accountants,
bankers and lawyers.
Publication date: 20 June 1993
I S BN 1 - 8 5 8 0 0 - 0 1 3 - 0, £ 5 5 . 0 0 .
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