Liberty: human rights and mental health.
In this paper, Lord Phillips reflects on the present state of the law relating to mental health; he considers the place of the common law doctrine of necessity as the basis for the detention of patients; he reviews a number of issues arising from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and a number of recent decisions of the Court of Appeal. Finally, he considers the prospects for change in the law foreshadowed in the Government's White Paper on the Reform of Mental Health Law (2000).
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D005610:Freedom; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom