Justice for all
Subtitle: challenges of the mentally ill in the legal system
By: Sherrie Bourg Carter.
Publisher: National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Louisville, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781601560896
Subjects: Mental health laws -- United States; Capacity and disability -- United States; Insanity (Law) -- United States; Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- United States
Table of contents: title: Challenges of mentally ill individuals in the legal system : an overview; title: Legal assessment of diminished capacity; title: Classification of mental illness and its legal relevance; title: Criminal law : common diagnoses and legal applications; title: Family law : common diagnoses and legal applications; title: Civil matters : common diagnoses and legal applications.