Dailey, Anne C.,

Law and the unconscious : a psychoanalytic perspective / Anne C. Dailey. - 1 online resource

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume establishes the vital relevance of contemporary psychoanalysis to law. Our legal system is predicated on the idea that people act rationally and of their own free will. Yet the facts of mental life present a much messier picture.

Specialized.

9780300190083 No price


Law--Psychological aspects.
Subconsciousness.
Forensic psychiatry.
Psychoanalysis.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Law.
Social, group or collective psychology.
Jurisprudence & general issues.
Private or civil law: general.
Criminal law: procedure & offences.
Family law.

K346.D35 / L39 2018

340.1