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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Uma aventura no manicômio: a trajetória de Franco Basaglia An adventure in the insane asylum: the life of Franco Basaglia

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 1994
O processo de transformações no campo da saúde mental e das reformas psiquiátricas mantém estreitas relações com as questões práticas e teóricas surgidas a partir da experiência de Franco Basaglia.
Paulo Amarante
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The Supreme Court of Canada interprets the fitness to stand trial test in R v. Bharwani

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract At the core of the common law, rooted in fairness, is the principle that an accused must be “fit” or “competent” to answer charges pursued by the state. Fitness rules vary considerably across jurisdictions but generally share the requirement that the accused be able to actively participate in the conduct of their defense.
Dennis Curry, Jason Quinn
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking insanity defence standards: An experimental study of rationality and control tests in criminal law

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2016
The present study investigated the impact of different legal standards on mock juror decisions concerning whether a defendant was guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity.
Rebecca K. Helm, Stephen J. Ceci, Kayla A. Burd   +2 more
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História das primeiras instituições para alienados no Brasil History of the first institutions for the insane in Brazil

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2005
Este artigo apresenta os resultados de pesquisa sobre a institucionalização dos alienados em cinco províncias brasileiras: São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Maranhão, Pernambuco e Pará.
Ana Maria Galdini Raimundo Oda, Paulo Dalgalarrondo   +1 more
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
wiley   +1 more source

Insanity.

The Medico-chirurgical review and journal of medical science. Analytical series
RES, quae medendi in scientia continentur, tam multae, tamque magni momenti sunt, ut de his animadverti possit, quod aptissime ad opiniones philosophorum explicandas de calore et frigore pertinet; Calorem nempe et Frigus fines esse ejusdem catenae, cujus annuli sine termino alterutra in parte protrahi possunt. Ex his unam seligere perdifficile est; nam
Epps, John, Epps, Joannes
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Technical, Cultural and Religious: Risks for Children in Minority Religious Communities as Seen in the Ultra‐Orthodox Jewish Community During COVID‐19

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child development research predominantly focuses on Western secular contexts and does not adequately consider non‐Western religious contexts. The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected children worldwide in various dimensions, with children from minority populations being disproportionately impacted.
Netanel Gemara
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Tangled Confluence’: Hybrid Accounts of Madness in Will Self’s The Quantity Theory of Insanity and Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love

Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2017
Will Self’s The Quantity Theory of Insanity and Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love both feature attempts by arch rationalists to apprehend, even understand insanity, which constantly threatens to overturn all established systems of knowledge and belief.
Diane Gagneret
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