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Mental health law and practice : civil and criminal aspects /

Whelan, Darius.

Mental health law and practice : civil and criminal aspects / Darius Whelan. - Dublin : Round Hall (Thomson Reuters), 2009. - lxi, 559 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: General matters -- 1.Principles of mental health law -- 2.Remedies and institutions -- Part 2.Civil aspects -- 3.Legal criteria for involuntary civil admission -- 4.Admission under the Mental Health Act 2001 -- 5.Voluntary patients -- 6.Renewal orders -- 7.Mental health tribunals -- 8.Mental health tribunal hearings -- 9.Scope of mental health tribunal reviews -- 10.Treatment for a mental disorder -- 11.Common law duties: negligence and confidentiality -- 12.Requiremetns concerning institutional care -- 13.Mental capacity -- 14.Mental health and other aspects of civil alw -- 15.The insanity defence -- 16.Diminised responsibility and infancticide -- 17.Fitness for trial -- 18.Reviews by the Mental health (Criminal Law) Review Board -- 19.Mental health and other aspects of criminal law.

9781858005102 (hbk.) 9781858005102


Mental health laws--Ireland
Insanity--Jurisprudence--Ireland
Mental health laws.
Mentally ills--Commitment and detention
Isanity (Law).

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