Susanna L. Blumenthal is Julius E. Davis Professor of Law and Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, where she is Co-Director of the Program in Law and History.
Susanna L. Blumenthal s book is a thoughtful study of American law s confrontation with insanity during the 19th century <i>Law and the Modern Mind</i> traces variations of the insanity theme as it plays out in each legal field. Though the book is by no means a technical lawyers manual, Blumenthal is a sure-footed guide through this doctrinal thicket; just as importantly, she narrates gripping human stories from the era s legal treatises, as well as those that unravel with greater vividness in court proceedings.--Meir Dan-Cohen Los Angeles Review of Books (11/06/2016)