The American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law (AAPL), a subsidiary professional organization of the American Psychiatric Association, has identified approximately 100 legal cases that it has designated as Landmark Cases for those studying to become proficient in Forensic Psychiatry as well as those studying to take the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology board certification examination in Forensic Psychiatry.

 

Online links to listing these cases and discussing them can be found at:

http://forensicpsychiatry.stanford.edu/Files/Landmark%20Case%20Summaries.pdf

http://forensicpsychiatry.stanford.edu/Files/Landmark%20Case%20Summaries.pdf

http://www.aapl.org/landmark_list.htm

http://www.aapl.org/newsletter/N223landcases.htm