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The Danger of Discharge of Insane Patients by the Judicial Authority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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“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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