Beschreibung:
This text aims to uncover the pattern of prejudice against mentally disabled individuals that keeps them from recieving equal treatment under the law. It details the roots of this prejudice and pretextuality, how these two have distorted and corrupted mental disability law.
Setting the Stage - Why Mental Disability is on Trial; On Sanism; On Pretextuality; Involuntary Civil Commitment Law; The Right to Treatment; The Right to Refuse Treatment; The Right to Sexual Interaction; The Americans with Disabilities Act; Competence to Plead Guilty/Competence to Waive Counsel; The Insanity Defence; The Federal Sentencing Guidelines; Therapeutic Jurisprudence; Unpacking Mental Disability Law.