Bøger af Christopher Slobogin

Offers a wide-ranging, in-depth coverage of how the legal system responds to challenges posed by persons with mental disorders. The book includes treatment of the law and literature relating to regulation of the mental health professions, and the government's authority to deprive people with mental disorders of their liberty and property.

This comprehensive examination of the laws governing the punishment, detention, and protection of people with mental disabilities provides innovative solutions to problems associated with criminal responsibility, protection of society from "dangerous" individuals, and the state's authority to act paternalistically.