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The Danger of Discharge of Insane Patients by the Judicial Authority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Extract

“A Flaw in the English Lunacy Law,” to which Dr. Ernest White draws attention(1) is an example of the dangerous power given to the “judicial authority” under the existing Lunacy Act.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1902 

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