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Although, Therefore, The Subject Of Criminal Responsibility Has Been Considered And Treated Exhaustively, By Sir Fitzjames Stephen, From The Point Of View Of The Professional Lawyer Who Was In Psychology An Amateur, It Seems That Its Treatment Is Not Complete Until It Has Been Considered Anew By A Professional Psychologist. Sir Fitzjames Stephen Was Hampered By An Insufficient Knowledge Of The Working Of The Mind In Health And Disease. That He Was So Hampered He Formally Admits, And The Admission Is No Disparagement To Him. He Made The Best Use Of The Knowledge Of His Time, And He Obtained A Singular Degree Of Mastery Over The Knowledge Of Insanity That Was Then Available. But In Twenty Years Our Knowledge Has Advanced; And I Think The Time Is Ripe To Complement His Work By Another, Written From The Complementary Point Of View. This Is The Task That I Have Essayed--preface. (psycinfo Database Record (c) 2011 Apa, All Rights Reserved). Responsibility -- Voluntary Action -- Wrong-doing -- Insanity -- Mind -- Conditions Of Responsibility -- The Answers Of The Judges -- Procedure And Practice. By Charles Mercier. Includes Index. Reproduction Of Original From Harvard Law School Library. Electronic Reproduction. [place Of Publication Not Identified]: Hathitrust Digital Library, 2010. Miaahdl Master And Use Copy. Digital Master Created According To Benchmark For Faithful Digital Reproductions Of Monographs And Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. Http://purl.oclc.org/dlf/benchrepro0212 Miaahdl