Australian mental health tribunals : space for fairness, freedom, protection & treatment? / Terry Carney ... [et al.].

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Publication details:
Annandale, N.S.W. : Themis Press, 2011.
Record id:
80460
Author:
Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales. 
Carney, Terry, 1945- 
Subject:
Mental health laws -- Australia.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Australia.
Involuntary treatment -- Australia.
Administrative discretion -- Australia.
Social justice -- Australia.
Contents:
1. Human rights frameworks
2. Australian mental health laws and processes
3. Theoretical frameworks and prior research findings
4. A legal, health or social domain?
5. Statistical overview of the three mental health tribunals
6. A pre-hearing journey towards a hearing
7. The substantive "workings" of hearings
8. Cognate spaces around and after hearings
9. Overview and recommendations
10. Future directions for Australian mental health tribunals?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781921113055
Phys. description:
xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm