Law and Psychology
Course Description:
The first part of the course is designed to present a study of psychoanalytic theory and to explore its relevance to a wide variety of fundamental legal issues. The second part of the course returns the lawyer to the more familiar role of participant in particular legal processes. We will examine the relationships between the disciplines of psychiatry and the law, focusing on mental law in the criminal justice system (competency to be tried, insanity as a defense, the concept of guilty but mentally ill), involuntary civil commitment, and problems in the process of mental health administration. (2 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course:
- Kenneth E. Gray (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection:
KF2910.P75-KF2910.P753 Regulation of Psychiatrists – Psychotherapists – Psychologists - Counselors
KF3828 the Mentally Ill – Mental Health Courts
KF8965 Civil Procedure – Psychiatric and Psychological Evidence
KF9241-KF9242 Criminal Law – Insanity Defense
Legal Periodicals in Print Collection
Legal Research Databases:
DCLI Webpage Links:
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Healthcare Law
Under Subject Area:
- Health Care Law
Course Listed Under the following Law School Areas of Interest:
- Enrichment courses
