Vulnerable Adults and the Law
We are used to thinking that most people have the capacity to make their own decisions; that they should be free to decide how to live their lives; and that it is a good thing to be self-sufficient. However, in an examination of the legal position of vulnerable adults, understood as those who have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 but are deemed impaired through vulnerability in their exercise of decision making powers, Jonathan Herring challenges thatassumption. Drawing on feminist and disability perspectives he argues that we are all in fact, 'vulnerable' and we need to replace the competent, able-bodied, independent person as th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-105710-6
- EAN: 9780191057106
- Produktnummer: 19557695
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 29'834 KB
Über den Autor
Jonathan Herring is a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford University and Professor of Law at the Law Faculty, Oxford University. He has written on family law, medical law, criminal law, and legal issues surrounding care and old age. His books include: Caring and the Law (2014) Older People in Law and Society (OUP, 2009); European Human Rights and Family Law (Hart, 2010) (With Shazia Choudhry); Medical Law and Ethics (OUP2014); Criminal Law, (OUP, 2014); Family Law (Pearson, 2015); and The Woman Who Tickled Too Much (Pearson, 2009).
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