Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary Donnelly, Rosie Harding, Ezgi Tascioglu.
• Editors: Donnelly, Mary; Harding, Rosie; Taşcioğlu, Ezgi
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal ContextMary Donnelly (University College Cork, Ireland), Rosie Harding (University of Birmingham, UK) and Ezgi Tascioglu (Keele University, UK)Part 1: Mapping the Conceptual Contours of Capacity Law2. Anatomy of Support: Framing, Fictions and the (Un)Responsive StateMary Donnelly (University College Cork, Ireland)3. The Problem of Influence: Autonomy, Legal Capacity and the Risk of Theoretical IncoherenceAmanda Keeling (University of Leeds, UK)4. The Significance of Strong Evaluation and Narrativity in Supporting CapacityCamillia Kong (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)5. Charting a Path to Non-Coercive Mental Healthcare: The Rhizomatic Nature of Universal Legal Capacity and the Support ParadigmSuzanne Doyle Guilloud (University of Bristol, UK)Part 2: Reforming Capacity Law: Making, Shaping and Interpreting Legal Frameworks6. The (Contested) Role of the Academy in Activist Movements for Legal Capacity Reform: A Personal ReflectionEilionór Flynn (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)7. Enabling Supported Decision-Making in India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: Learnings from a Low-Resource Country SettingSoumitra Pathare (ILS Law College, India) and Arjun Kapoor (ILS Law College, India)8. Reflections on the Proposed Reform of Spanish Civil Legislation on Legal Capacity of Persons with DisabilitiesPatricia Cuenca (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)9. Adapting or Discarding the Status Quo? Supporting the Exercise of Legal Capacity in Scottish Law and PracticeJill Stavert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)10. Performing Disability Rights: State Reporting and Turkey's (Non)Engagement with the CRPDEzgi Tascioglu (Keele University, UK)Part 3: Supporting Capacity in Everyday Life: Balancing Empowerment and Safeguards11. Functional Capacity Assessments by Healthcare Professionals: Problems and Mitigating Strategies Shaun O'Keeffe (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)12. Autonomy of a Person under Guardianship: Self-Determination in the Theory and Practice of Guardianship Law in FinlandAnna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)13. Autonomy, Capacity and Vulnerability: Making Decisions on Social Services for Persons with Dementia in SwedenTitti Mattsson (Lund University, Sweden)14. Law's Legitimacy and Social Work Support in Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Abuse Jaime Lindsey (University of Essex, UK)15. Putting the Pieces Together: Article 12, 'Safeguarding' and the Right to Legal Capacity Margaret Isabel Hall (Simon Fraser University, Canada)16. Supporting Everyday Legal Capacity: Navigating the Complexities of Putting Rights into PracticeRosie Harding (University of Birmingham, UK).
• Publisher Details: London : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: Disability & the law; Mental health law; Comparative law; Law -- Disability; Law -- Mental Health; Law -- Comparative; Law & society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509940356; 1509940359
• Related ISBNs: 9781509940349
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