Unfitness to stand trial and the indefinite detention of persons with cognitive disabilities in Australia : Human rights challenges and proposals for change / Pier Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Louis Andrews.
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Melbourne : The Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc., 2017.
Record id:
199573
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Melbourne University Law Review Volume 40 (816-865)
Subject:
Competency to stand trial -- Australia.
People with disabilities Australia.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation.
Summary:
This article will consider the demands of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on unfitness to stand trial laws in Australia in the broader context of disadvantage facing persons with cognitive disabilities in criminal law.
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1 online resource (pages 816-865) ; digital, PDF