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Global perspectives on legal capacity reform : our voices, our stories / edited by Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Clíona de Bhailís, and María Laura Serra.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge research in human rights law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30).
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol.
- Capacity and disability.
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- People with disabilities.
- Mental health laws.
- Informed consent (Medical law).
- Law reform.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 218 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Contents:
- Theoretical framework / Clíona de Bhailís
- Project methodology & background / Eilionóir Flynn
- Introduction to criminal responsibility / Anna arstein-kerslake
- Going to pot : Nick's journey through the criminal justice system / Nicholas Clarke, Chloe Hocking, and Nell Munro
- Questions of criminal culpability and persons with disabilities / Amita Dhanda and Gabor Gombos
- Conclusion : criminal responsibility / Anna Arstein-Kerslake
- Introduction to contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís
- I have the strength to speak up for myself : Nikona nguvu ya kujiongelelea / Joy Rehema and Emer O'Shea
- Silenced, alone, powerless : my life as a ward of court in Ireland / Claire Hendrick and Donna MC Namara
- "The law is very complicated" / Dermot Lowndes and Jan Strnad
- Travel and dementia : one story, many rights / Helen Rochford Brennan and Moira Jenkins
- Consumer law, contracts & support : I had one dream to buy a simple smartphone / Marieta Petrova and Aylin Yumerova
- From institutional life to home ownership : a personal story demonstrating the power of support to enable the exercise of legal capacity / Paul Alford and Michelle Browning
- Conclusion : contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís
- Introduction to relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra
- Marriage and intellectual disability in Ireland : my sister is married, why can't I get married? / Maria Mahony and Sarah Richardson
- Dreaming of traveling, dreaming of freedom : relationships and the right to support / Ronnie Harris and Jana Offergeld
- Conclusion : relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra
- Introduction to consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn
- This is not a story : from ethical loneliness to respect for diverse ways of knowing, thinking, and being / Cath Roper and Piers Gooding
- Getting sucked out of that black hole termed India's legal mental health machinery / Lavanya Seshayee and Maths Jesperson
- Consent is more than just yes or no / Fiona Anderson and Bo Chen
- The humour in my tumour : respecting legal capacity in health care decision making / Reshma Vallippan and Roxanne Mykitiuk
- Conclusion : consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn
- Freedom : a work in progress / Rusi Stanev and Sheila Wildeman
- Overall conclusion / Eilionóir Flynn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138298910
- 1138298913
- OCLC:
- 1025395623
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