Madness on Trial: A Transatlantic History of English Civil Law and Lunacy

by James Moran and James E. Moran

Book Overview

This book examines the powerful influence of civil law on understandings and responses to madness in England and in New Jersey. The influence of civil law on the history of madness has not hitherto been of major academic investigation. This body of law, established and developed over a five hundred year period, greatly influenced how those from England's propertied classes understood and responded to madness. Moreover, the civil law governing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526163799
• ISBN13: 9781526163790
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"