Screen LibraryAdvanced introduction to mental health law /
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Elgar advanced introductions
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 214 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781789903928 (paperback) : 1789903920 (paperback) 9781789903904 (hardback) 1789903904 (hardback) 9781789903911 (PDF ebook) 1789903912 (PDF ebook) |
| Index Number: | KF3828 |
| CLC: | D971.221.6 |
| Call Number: | D971.221.6/P451 |
| Contents: |
Introduction to the Advanced introduction to mental health law -- Some jurisprudential filters -- Counsel and judges -- Civil commitment law -- Institutional rights -- Rights of persons with mental disabilities in community settings -- Between civil and criminal mental disability law -- Criminal incompetencies -- The insanity defense -- Access to experts, sentencing, and correctional treatment issues -- The death penalty. |