A prescription for dignity : rethinking criminal justice and mental disability law /
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Author / Creator: | Perlin, Michael L., 1946- |
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Imprint: | Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Limited , [2013] ©2013 |
Description: | xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Respect for persons -- Law and legislation. Mental health courts. Insanity (Law) Human rights. Human rights. Insanity (Law) Mental health courts. Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Respect for persons -- Law and legislation. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9334781 |
Table of Contents:
- The four factors : sanism, pretextuality, heuristics, and "ordinary common sense"
- Counsel
- International human rights law
- Mental health courts
- Alternative jurisprudences
- Contextualizing dignity
- Competencies
- The insanity defense
- Sentencing.