Epilepsy and the Law

Perr, Irwin N.

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“…Until now, both the common law and the statutory law had treated epilepsy through pejorative lenses. Perr (1959) documented the state of American laws concerning epileptics. The laws in many states prohibited the marriage of epileptics secondary to the strong belief that epilepsy was hereditary.…”

Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

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“…Many case examples of various types of criminal cases and the use of epilepsy defenses are described in this literature. The reader is referred to Perr (1959) and Weinberg (1977). Two famous books on psychiatry and the law also provide an excellent resource for a detailed read on this topic (Davidson, 1952; Guttmacher and Weihofen, 1952).…”

Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…EEG evidence and epilepsy became the center stage of many other types of civil legal cases, including worker's compensation, disability benefits, prenatal injury, and personal injury cases (Perr, 1959). Shen (2016) has written about a 1955 worker's compensation case of Cornelius Betz (Betz v. Travelers Ins.), where the interpretation of EEG data became the center stage.…”

Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The history of forensic neuropsychiatry

Fozdar

2023

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Significant advances in various disciplines of neurosciences, such as neurology, neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging, and neurogenetics, have caused an exciting field to emerge in the field of forensic neuropsychiatry called neurolaw. The resurgence of interest in this field has paralleled the renaissance of neuropsychiatry in the last few decades. This historical review of the practice of forensic neuropsychiatry provides an insight into the past with the hope that it will guide the future development of this field.

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Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

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Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: History Of Neuroscience and Lawmentioning

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