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Author Perlin, Michael L., 1946-

Title International human rights and mental disability law : when the silenced are heard / Michael L. Perlin
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description xiv, 339 pages ; 25 cm
Series American Psychology-Law Society series
American Psychology-Law Society series.
Contents Introduction and overview -- International human rights : legal issues and social constructs -- International human rights in legal perspective -- Sanism and pretextuality -- Dignity -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-329) and index
Subject Mental health laws.
People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights.
Insanity (Law)
LC no. 2011003686
ISBN 9780195393231 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195393236 (hardback : alk. paper)