Seeing Voices: Potential Neuroscience Contributions to a Reconstruction of Legal Insanity

Authors

Jane Campbell Moriarty, Duquesne University School of Law

Keywords

criminal law; neuroscience; neurolaw

Abstract

Part I of this Article explains the insanity defense in the United States. Next, Part II discusses some of the brain-based research about mental illness, focusing on schizophrenia research. Then, Part III looks at traumatic brain injury and the relationship among injury, cognition, and behavior. Finally, Part IV explains how a new neuroscience-informed standard might better inform our moral decision making about legal insanity.

Recommended Citation

Jane Campbell Moriarty, Seeing Voices: Potential Neuroscience Contributions to a Reconstruction of Legal Insanity, 85 Fordham L. Rev. 599 (2016).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol85/iss2/10