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No Direction Home: The Law And Criminal Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1996

No Direction Home: The Law And Criminal Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Rights, Remembrance And The Reconciliation Of Difference, David Engel, Frank W. Munger Jan 1996

Rights, Remembrance And The Reconciliation Of Difference, David Engel, Frank W. Munger

Articles & Chapters

Rights in American society present a paradox-critics increasingly assert that proliferation of rights is undermining Americans' sense of community, yet scholars continue to document Americans' reluctance to assert formal legal rights. We explore the meaning of rights in American society by describing the intersection between the evolving civil rights of a previously excluded minority, culminating in the, and the personal histories of two individuals who might potentially invoke or benefit from such rights. Tracing the life stories of "Sara Lane" and 'Jill Golding" from childhood through adolescence to adulthood and employment, we relate the everyday relevance or irrelevance of law …


New York Law School Reporter V. 11, No. 12, December 1994, New York Law School Dec 1994

New York Law School Reporter V. 11, No. 12, December 1994, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.


Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Understanding The Sanist And Pretextual Bases Of Mental Disability Law, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1994

Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Understanding The Sanist And Pretextual Bases Of Mental Disability Law, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

Symposium: Therapeutic Jurisprudence: From Idea to Application


The Sanist Lives Of Jurors In Death Penalty Cases: The Puzzling Role Of Mitigating Mental Disability Evidence, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1994

The Sanist Lives Of Jurors In Death Penalty Cases: The Puzzling Role Of Mitigating Mental Disability Evidence, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Hospitalized Patients And The Right To Sexual Interaction: Beyond The Last Frontier, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1994

Hospitalized Patients And The Right To Sexual Interaction: Beyond The Last Frontier, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Psychotropic Medication In The Criminal Trial Process: The Constitutional And Therapeutic Implications Of Riggjns V. Nevada, Bruce J. Winick Jan 1993

Psychotropic Medication In The Criminal Trial Process: The Constitutional And Therapeutic Implications Of Riggjns V. Nevada, Bruce J. Winick

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

No abstract provided.


What Is Therapeutic Jurisprudence?, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1993

What Is Therapeutic Jurisprudence?, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Fatal Assumption: A Critical Evaluation Of The Role Of Counsel In Mental Disability Cases, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1992

Fatal Assumption: A Critical Evaluation Of The Role Of Counsel In Mental Disability Cases, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


On Sanism, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1992

On Sanism, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Unpacking The Myths: The Symbolism Mythology Of Insanity Defense Jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1990

Unpacking The Myths: The Symbolism Mythology Of Insanity Defense Jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

The insanity defense has been the subject of great controversy. A review of the jurisprudential debate, infamous cases, judicial and legislative decision-making, media coverage, as well as public attitudes, when read in light of scientific and empirical research, reveals a gaping disparity between what we know and how we think about the mentally ill and the insanity defense. The Author argues that this disparity is the result of several operational myths about the mentally ill and the insanity defense. In this Article, the Author focuses on the role of psychiatry, psychology, and mental illness in the law, specifically addressing how …


Does Competency Matter After Charters?, Michael L. Perlin, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1989

Does Competency Matter After Charters?, Michael L. Perlin, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights For The Blind: Equal Access For Guide Dog Users, Leonard D. Duboff Jan 1987

Civil Rights For The Blind: Equal Access For Guide Dog Users, Leonard D. Duboff

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

No abstract provided.


Ten Years After: Evolving Mental Health Advocacy And Judicial Trends, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1987

Ten Years After: Evolving Mental Health Advocacy And Judicial Trends, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court, The Mentally Disabled Criminal Defendant, Psychiatric Testimony In Death Penalty Cases, And The Power Of Symbolism: Dulling The Ake In Barefoot’S Achilles Heel, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1985

The Supreme Court, The Mentally Disabled Criminal Defendant, Psychiatric Testimony In Death Penalty Cases, And The Power Of Symbolism: Dulling The Ake In Barefoot’S Achilles Heel, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Handling The Social Security Disability Case —The View From The Bench, Roger J. Miner '56 Dec 1983

Handling The Social Security Disability Case —The View From The Bench, Roger J. Miner '56

Bar Associations

No abstract provided.