Insanity and the Law: Two Nineteenth Century Classics
- ISBN-10
- 0306760665
- ISBN-13
- 9780306760662
- Category
- Criminal liability
- Pages
- 145
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Authors
- William Hammond, John Charles Bucknill
Description
Geisteskrnkheit / Recht.
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