"She Breaks Just Like a Little Girl": Neonaticide, the Insanity Defense, and the Irrelevance of "Ordinary Common Sense"
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Some day, someone will probably propose dividing all law cases into two categories: those that make the national news and those that do not.'Commentators have written extensively about the impact of famous cases (is there anyone now reading this article who is not flashing on O.J.?) in different contexts including, (1) how the publicizing of a case may affect its verdict, 2 (2) how the public heuristically uses the vivid case as a representative of all cases,' (3) how the public heuristically assumes that a specific tactic or defense raised in one case is frequently used in other cases, 4 and (4) * BOB DYiAN, LYIucs, 1962-1985 231 (1985).
Author: Michael L. Perlin
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1584217384