Psychiatry in Law

Preface
Prologue
Sporting Theory of Justice
PART ONE. PSYCHIATRY IN LAW
Section 1. The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness
1. The Use of Experts in the Adversary System
2. Boundaries of Legal and Ethical Forensic Practice
3. From Frye to Daubert and Beyond
Section 2. Evidentiary Issues
1. Testimonial Privilege
2. Witnesses and the Credibility of Testimony
3. Propensity and Other Acts Evidence
4. Elusive Evidence - Syndromes, Body Language, and Dreams
Section 3. Criminal Cases
1. Competency to Stand Trial and Other Competencies
2. Criminal Responsibility
3. The Mental Disability Requirement in the Insanity Defense
4. Diminished Capacity
5. Juvenile Justice
6. Alcoholism
7. Drug Addiction
8. Imposition and Carrying Out of the Death Penalty
9. The Psychiatric Forensic Center
10. Right of the Indigent Accused to Psychiatric Assistance