International human rights and mental disability law : when the silenced are heard /
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| Author / Creator: | Perlin, Michael L., 1946- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. |
| Description: | xiv, 339 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Psychology-Law Society series American Psychology-Law Society series. |
| Subject: | Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Insanity (Law) Insanity (Law) Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8462521 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction and Overview
- 2. International Human Rights Law in Perspective: Legal Issues and Social Constructs
- 2A. International Human Rights in Legal Perspective
- 2B. Sanism and Pretextuality
- 2C. Dignity
- 3. Mental Disability Law in a Comparative Law Context
- 4. The Use of Mental Disability Law to Suppress Political Dissent
- 5. The Universal Factors
- 6. The Application of International Human Rights Law to Mental Disability Law: Specific Contexts
- 6A. Law School Pedagogy
- 6B. Expert Evidence Law
- 6C. Psychotherapist-Patient Law
- 6D. Corrections Law
- 7. The UN Convention: The Impact of the New UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on International Mental Disability Law
- 8. The UN Convention: The Role of Counsel
- 9. A Disability Rights Tribunal for Asia and the Pacific
- 10. Therapeutic Jurisprudence
- 11. Conclusion
- References
- Index