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Citation |
Goodrich P. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2016; 48: 77-84. |
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Cardozo School of Law, New York City, USA. Electronic address: goodrich@yu.edu. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing) |
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27418124 |
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Abstract |
An introductory and exploratory attempt to examine the possibility of viewing the famous writings of Judge Daniel Paul Schreber (1842-1911) as the intimations of trans-lawyering. Volubly convinced he was becoming a woman, Judge Schreber announced that he would nail his flag to the feminine and was incarcerated as mad for his pains and his pleasures. [Schreber is known for his thoughts on involuntary commitment. The subtitle of his final book is, "In what circumstance can a person deemed insane be detained in an asylum against his declared will?] It is time to release him and to read his work not as madness but as a unique conjunction of desire and law. Language: en |