Commentary: Old wine in a new bottle.

نویسنده

  • Ralph Slovenko
چکیده

One of the striking aspects of the Atkins decision is that the constitutional prohibition appears to be framed in the language of a clinical diagnosis—“mental retardation”—and not in terms of a traditional legal concept, such as competence or responsibility. For this reason, state legislators can be expected to seek the guidance of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the drafting of post-Atkins statutes (Ref. 1, p 304).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

دوره 32 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004