Law without enforcement : integrating mental health and justice /: integrating mental health and justice. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nigel Eastman and Jill Peay.
• Other Names: Eastman, Nigel; Peay, Jill
• Contents: Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; The Contributors; 1. Law Without Enforcement: Theory and Practice; MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH LAW; LAW'S POSITIVE PURPOSE -- OVERRATED OR OUT OF REACH?; 2. Mental Health Law: Objectives and Principles; AIMS OF LEGISLATION; OBJECTIVES OF LEGISLATION; ASSUMPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; CONTRACT AND TORT: DEVELOPING A THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND SERVICE PROVISION; CONCLUSION; 3. Mental and Physical Illness -- An Unsustainable Separation?; THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TREATMENT; BEYOND CARTESIANISM; CONSEQUENCES FOR LEGISLATION. 4. Public Policy via Law: Practitioner''s Sword and Politician''s ShieldTRANSLATING POLICY INTO PRACTICE; LAW AND REGULATION; LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS; CONSTRAINTS ON THE ROLE OF LAW; MANAGEMENT IN PLACE OF LAW; BUILDING MENTALLY HEALTHY COMMUNITIES; CONCLUSION; 5. Client and Clinician -- Law as an Intrusion; PATIENTS LOOKING AT DOCTORS; DOCTORS LOOKING AT PATIENTS; RECONCILING PERSPECTIVES; 6. Law as a Clinical Tool: Practising Within and Outwith the Law; THE 1983 ACT AND THE CLINICIAN; THE CONTEXT FOR USING THE LAW; CURRENT PRACTICE: AN ANALYSIS; NON-CONFORMING PRACTICE: WHOSE PROBLEM? WHERE NEXT?7. Law as a Rights Protector: Assessing the Mental Health Act 1983; THE LIMITS OF LEGAL INTERVENTION; LAW AND PSYCHIATRY; RIGHTS; COMPULSORY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL; DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL; COMPULSORY TREATMENT; EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; CONCLUSIONS; 8. The Citizen Mental Patient; INEFFICIENT CITIZENS; EQUAL CITIZENS; THE WELFARE STATE AND THE DISEMPOWERED; AGENCY AND CITIZENSHIP; CITIZEN MENTAL PATIENTS?; 9. Auditing the Effectiveness of Mental Health Law; THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; A CONSTRUCTIVE NOT PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP; RESEARCH AGENDA FOR EVIDENCE-BASED LAW. 10. Madness and Moral PanicsTHE NATURE OF MORAL PANICS; POPULAR FOLKLORE AND MENTAL ILLNESS: PREJUDICE AND TOLERANCE; FEARS OF MADNESS I: THE UNIVERSAL 'OTHER'; FEARS OF MADNESS II: THE 'MEDIA' AND THE 'FEAR OF CRIME'; MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE MEDIA: A MORAL PANIC?; CONCLUSION: UNFINISHED BUSINESS; 11. Decision Making and Mental Health Law; THE CULTURE OF PROFESSIONAL GROUPS; ELEMENTS OF RATIONAL DECISION-MAKING; BEHAVIOURAL DECISION THEORY AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE; WHAT DO CLEVER PEOPLE DO REALLY?; DISCUSSION; 12. Researching Law; DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BETTER LAW, OR BETTER IMPLEMENTATION?13. Afterword: Integrating Mental Health and Justice; ECONOMICS AND LAW; ETHICS AND LAW; MENTAL SCIENCES AND LAW -- COULD CAPACITY HELP?; PRACTITIONERS AND LAW; RESEARCH AND LAW; HARMONY NOT ANACHRONISM -- A NASCENT PRESCRIPTION; Case List; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages)
• Subjects: 344.41/044; Mental health laws -- Great Britain; Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Great Britain; Mental health facilities -- Admission and discharge -- Great Britain; Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence; Mentally Disabled Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence; Commitment of Mentally Ill -- legislation & jurisprudence; Criminal Law; Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Mental health facilities -- Admission and discharge; Mental health laws; Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention; Geestelijke gezondheidszorg; Psychische stoornissen; Gezondheidsrecht; Rechtsbescherming; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847312624; 1847312624; 9781474200394; 1474200397
• Related ISBNs: 1901362752; 9781901362756
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.