Law and mental health in Canada: cases and materials

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KN157.2.S95 2022

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2022

Mental health laws - Canada.

Chapter 1 – Foundational Issues in Mental Health Law: Lived Experience, Access to Justice and Intersectionality Chapter 2 – Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations Chapter 3 – Civil Commitment  Chapter 4 ...

• Chapter 1 – Foundational Issues in Mental Health Law: Lived Experience, Access to Justice and Intersectionality 
• Chapter 2 – Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations 
• Chapter 3 – Civil Commitment  
• Chapter 4 – Consent to Treatment 
• Chapter 5 – Guardianship and Powers of Attorney
• Chapter 6 – Personal Health Information Protection
• Chapter 7 – Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice
• Chapter 8 – Fitness to Stand Trial
• Chapter 9 – The Not Criminally Responsible Verdict
• Chapter 10 – Criminal Code Review Boards – Part XX.1, the Mental Disorder Provisions: History, Structure and Foundational Concepts
• Chapter 11 – Modern Review Board Law: s. 672.54 of the Criminal Code and Beyond
• Chapter 12 – Dangerous Offender and Long-Term Offender Proceedings
• Chapter 13 – Mental Health Considerations in Bail and Sentencing
• Chapter 14 – Mental Health Courts and Specialized Courts
• Chapter 15 – Indigenous Peoples and Mental Health Law
• Chapter 16 – Introduction to Coroner’s Inquests in Ontario Involving Mental Health Issues
• Chapter 17 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part I: Recommendations From Inquests in Police-involved Deaths 
• Chapter 18 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part II: Recommendations From Inquests in Institutional Deaths
• Chapter 19 – Practicing Mental Health Law: Advocacy Tools, Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Empathy and Increasing Access to Justice

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Includes bibliographical references and index.