TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perlin,Michael L.
TI  - International human rights and mental disability law: when the silenced are heard 
T2  - American Psychology-Law Society series
SN  - 9780195393231
AV  - K640 .P47 2012
U1  - 344.04/4 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Mental health laws
KW  - People with mental disabilities
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Insanity (Law)
KW  - Human rights
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-329) and index; Introduction and overview -- International human rights law in perspective : legal issues and social constructs -- Mental disability law in 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 context -- 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 -- Disability rights tribunal for Asia and the Pacific -- Therapeutic Jurisprudence -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
ER  -