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001 2011003686
003 DLC
005 20111013085106.0
008 110126s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011003686
020 $a9780195393231 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aK640$b.P47 2012
082 00 $a344.04/4$222
100 1 $aPerlin, Michael L.,$d1946-
245 10 $aInternational human rights and mental disability law :$bwhen the silenced are heard /$cMichael L. Perlin.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2012.
300 $axiv, 339 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aAmerican psychology-law society series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-329 ) and index.
505 0 $aInternational human rights law in perspective : legal issues and social constructs -- Mental disability law in a comparative law context -- The use of mental disability law to suppress political dissent -- The universal factors -- The application of international human rights law to mental disability law : specific contexts -- The UN Convention : the impact of the New UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on International Mental Disability Law -- The UN Convention : the role of counsel -- A disability rights tribunal for Asia and the Pacific -- Therapeutic jurisprudence.
650 0 $aMental health laws.
650 0 $aPeople with mental disabilities$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aInsanity (Law)