Weisstub, David N(orman)
WEISSTUB, David N(orman)
WEISSTUB, David N(orman). Canadian, b. 1944. Genres: Poetry, Law. Career: Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Ontario; Universite de Montreal, Philippe Pinel Professor of Legal Psychiatry and Biomedical Ethics, Centre de Recherche, director, Department de psychiatrie, professor. Ed.-in-Chief, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry; Special Lecturer, University of Toronto; Special Consultant to the Federal Governments of Canada and Cuba, and Harvard Medical School. Publications: Heaven Take My Hand (poetry), 1968; (with C.C. Gotlieb) The Nature of Privacy, 1971; (with W. Winslade) Ethical Issues in Forensic Theory and Practice, 1990; Socio-Legal Studies of Obscenity, 1991. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Law, Growth and Technologty, 1972; Creativity and the University, 1973; Law and Policy, 1976; Law and Psychiatry, 3 vols., 1978- 80; Law and Psychiatry in the Canadian Context, 1980; (with J.C. Smith) The Western Idea of Law, 1983; Law and Mental Health, 6 vols, 1985-91; (with C. Mitchell) Intoxication and Criminal Responsibility, 1990. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: Universite de Montreal, Chaire de psychiatrie legal, Faculte de medecine, CP 6128, Succ Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7.