Involuntary detention and therapeutic jurisprudence
Subtitle: international perspectives on civil commitment
By: edited by Kate Diesfeld, Ian Freckelton.
Contributors: Diesfeld, Kate, 1960-; Freckelton, Ian R.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 630
Subjects: Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention; Insanity (Law) -- Jurisprudence; Commitment of Mentally Ill -- legislation & jurisprudence; Internationality -- legislation & jurisprudence
Description: The care of the insane has taken on a new meaning with the new school of therapeutic jurisprudence replacing outmoded ideas of how society should perceive mental disability law. This comparative perspective on the issue features the writings of a host of scholars and legal experts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 579]-621) and index.