The new edition of Black’s Law Dictionary contains an entry for therapeutic jurisprudence: therapeutic jurisprudence. The study of the effects of law and the legal system on the behavior, emotions, and mental health of people: esp., a multidisciplinary examination of how law and mental health interact. • ‘This discipline originated in the late 1980s...
Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center
Lawyers sidebar Posted on 25 September 2009 Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, center, shares a moment with University of Miami School of Law Dean Patricia D. White, left, and Bruce J. Winick, Silver-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, during the dedication ceremony for the school’s new Therapeutic...
Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Nebraska
On January 28 and 29, Professor Richard Wiener of the University of Nebraska Department of Psychology, a member of the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center Advisory Board, will have Professor Winick and others speak at a 3-day conference at the University of Nebraska on problem solving courts.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Australia
On May 4-7, 2010, Professor Winick will be a keynote speaker at a conference at the Monash University School of Law, in Melbourne, Australia. The topic of the Conference is Non-Adversarial Justice: Implications for the Legal System and Society. Professor Winick’s keynote address is titled “Restorative Justice in Divorce: A New Approach for Facilitating...
Dedication Ceremony of the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center
A dedication ceremony for the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center will be held on Sept. 24,2009, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lowe Art Museum on campus. Justice Barbara Pariente of the Florida Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include University of Miami President Donna Shalala, Patricia White, the new Dean of the...
Sun Sentinel – South Florida Residents Strike Back at Intruders
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com South Florida residents strike back at intruders By Robert Nolin and C. Ron Allen South Florida Sun Sentinel September 11, 2009 With handguns and baseball bats, South Florida residents in recent days have been striking back at home invaders, beating and even killing those who violate the sanctity of their homes....
Professor Winick talks about Overcoming Barriers
- e-Veritas – http://everitas.univmiami.net - Overcoming barriers Posted By rcjones On June 5, 2009 @ 5:43 pm In Features, Priority: Slider Feature Item | Comments Disabled During the No Barriers’ Science and Technology Symposium, Ninel Gregori (second from right), an assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, talks about a device...
The Supreme Court’s Evolving Death Penalty Jurisprudence: Severe Mental Illness As The Next Frontier
Abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent death penalty jurisprudence displays the Court’s willingness to invalidate the death penalty for certain offenses or classes of offenders, including those with mental retardation and those who were under eighteen at the time of the offense. The Court has noted that the death penalty in these cases constitutes...
Prof. Bruce Winick’s Testimony on Problem Solving Courts at a hearing held by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Task Force on Problem Solving Courts
Page 3 MR. JONES: Good morning, Professor Winick. My name is Rick Jones from New York and I’m one of the members of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Problem-Solving Court Task Force. We are delighted to have you here this morning. We are happy to be here in Miami and we are...
Autism Defenses, Rare But Gaining Notoriety
By SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 18, 2009 WEST PALM BEACH – Milagro Cunningham’s lawyer described him as autistic and argued before a jury last week that he was insane at the time he beat and raped an 8-year-old girl, then left her to die buried under concrete blocks in...
