The problem of responsibility and the rôle of medical expert opinion in the court.

Citation

Alexander, F., & Staub, H. (1931). The problem of responsibility and the rôle of medical expert opinion in the court (G. Zilboorg, Trans.). In F. Alexander, H. Staub & G. Zilboorg (Trans.), The criminal, the judge, and the public: A psychological analysis (pp. 70-83). New York, NY, US: MacMillan Co.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/11573-006

Abstract

What has been said till now permits us, we believe, to make bold and enter the Augean stables of philosophy of law and attempt to make a psychological analysis of the concept of responsibility. We shall try to avoid the traditional tying up of the problem with religion and with the philosophical problem of free will. We shall first approach the concept of responsibility from the purely psychological point of view. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)