DEFINITIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS: LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS


DaY: Friday, July 12 / vendredi le 12 juillet
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8:30 - 12:30

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Conflicting Expectations: The Cultue Clash Between Law Enforcement and Mental Health Systems
Dorothy Cotton, Michael Chan, Queen’s University

Dualistic Interpretation of Psychiatry in Law: Is there a Legal Definition of Psychiatric Illness?
Barbara Ann Hocking, Queensland University of Technology
Yega Muthu, Macquarie University

Judicial Innovation and Divergence in Interpreting Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention: Does "Bodily Injury" Include "Psychiatric Injury"?
Yega Muthu, Macquarie University

Actual Insanity Law is Based on Suppositions
A.D. Haverkamp, Forensic Psychiatric Institute at Breda, The Netherlands

The S.O.V Regulation: A New Criminal Code Regulation Measured Against the Behavioural Sciences
J. vd Westelaken, Tilburg University

Insanity Defense in Turkey: The Law and Some Practical Considerations
Rasim Arikan, University of Massachusetts

History of the Arguments on Legal Framework for Mentally Disordered Offenders and Penal Reform in Japan: From the 1920's to Today
Kamiyo Kita, Fukuoka University of Education
 

 

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