Civil law: examines the involvement of psychiatrists and psycologists in assessing mental conditions for the purposes of guardianship and civil commitment legislation and in relation to consent to treatment Psychiatrists' and psychologists' involvement in the criminal law: assessments for the purposes of law relating to fitness to stand trial, insanity, automatism, infanticide and sentencing Evidentiary issues pertaining to psychiatrists and psychologists giving expert testimony in the courtroom. -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Bernadette McSherry
