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Foreword: Current Currents In Institutionalization, David B. Wexler Nov 1977

Foreword: Current Currents In Institutionalization, David B. Wexler

San Diego Law Review

The tasks of a modern-day "foreword-writer," as I understand them, are (a) to introduce symposium articles in a manner that makes apparent their interlocking nature, rather than in a manner that makes them resemble a mere "laundry-list," and (b) to convince readers of the current importance of the issues addressed. Ideally, the tasks should be executed in a manner that provides ample breathing space for the expression of the writer's own views. Ideally, too, as I have learned from bitter experience, the tasks should be performed utilizing resource materials with which the writer is already versed-indeed, utilizing resource materials that …


The Child As Involuntary Mental Patient: The Threat Of Child Therapy To The Child's Dignity, Privacy, And Self-Esteem, Thomas Szasz Nov 1977

The Child As Involuntary Mental Patient: The Threat Of Child Therapy To The Child's Dignity, Privacy, And Self-Esteem, Thomas Szasz

San Diego Law Review

"Stone walls," in Richard Lovelace's immortal phrase, "do not a prison make." What makes a prison-or a space of social confinement, if one wishes to speak less metaphorically-is any invidious and incapacitating class, caste, or category into which individuals or groups may be placed involuntarily, and from which they cannot escape. Childhood is one such category. Mental patienthood is another. It follows, then, that a child assigned to the role of mental patient is doubly incriminated and incapacitated: as a minor, and as mad.


Prediction Research And The Role Of Psychologists In Correctional Institutions, John Monahan, Linda Costa Monahan Nov 1977

Prediction Research And The Role Of Psychologists In Correctional Institutions, John Monahan, Linda Costa Monahan

San Diego Law Review

Through psychologists, we are convinced of the essential validity of the just deserts model. It is "less unacceptable than any others which can be considered at this time and consistent with the ethical provision of psychological services. We believe that freeing psychologists from tasks for which they are ill-equipped-coercive treatment and dispositive prediction-presents an opportunity and stimulus for the development of new, more effective, and more ethical roles in the correctional system. This Article will propose one such role.


Indeterminacy As Individualization, Georg K. Sturup Nov 1977

Indeterminacy As Individualization, Georg K. Sturup

San Diego Law Review

Penal institutions are an important field for psychiatric treatment and study. This Article defines treatment and discusses its principal aims as they are relevant to a penal setting. Currently, the lawyers' rule-dominated pattern of reaction is gaining ground over the psychiatric situational approach. Both the overdeveloped organization for psychiatric investigations and the tendency to forget the pre-sentence report when the offender is placed int he rule-dominated penal institutions counteracts every clinical research program. Denmark's attempts to overcome this obstacle by making the inmate the principal collaborator in his rehabilitation are described here.


Whither Thou Goest? An Inquiry Into Jurors' Perceptions Of The Consequences Of A Successful Insanity Defense, Grant H. Morris, Nov 1977

Whither Thou Goest? An Inquiry Into Jurors' Perceptions Of The Consequences Of A Successful Insanity Defense, Grant H. Morris,

San Diego Law Review

Traditionally, juries are not permitted to consider the consequences of their verdicts. The jury's function is to determine guilt or innocence by finding the facts; speculation on the defendant's fate is irrelevant to this function. The judge, not the jury, decides the post-verdict consequences. However, courts in a few jurisdictions give the insanity-consequences instruction on the supposition that without the instruction the jury will be unduly influenced against a valid insanity defense when the evidence warrants the finding of insanity. Although jurors commonly know the consequences of guilty and not guilty verdicts, they may not know the consequences of an …


On Being Imposed Upon By Artful Or Designing Persons - The California Experience With The Involuntary Placement Of The Aged, George J. Alexander Nov 1977

On Being Imposed Upon By Artful Or Designing Persons - The California Experience With The Involuntary Placement Of The Aged, George J. Alexander

San Diego Law Review

This Article is principally concerned with the deprivation of liberty inherent in forced placement. However, this Article will concentrate on California Surrogate management standards because they provide a better frame of reference for the assumptions which underlie various types of involuntary interventions, and because they are closer to the open-ended commitment statutes of many other states.


Dependency Proceedings: What Standard Of Proof? An Argument Against The Standard Of Clear And Convincing, Michael Freeman White Nov 1977

Dependency Proceedings: What Standard Of Proof? An Argument Against The Standard Of Clear And Convincing, Michael Freeman White

San Diego Law Review

This Comment presents several arguments against the adoption of a standard of "clear and convincing" evidence in dependency hearings. The safety and general welfare of the child is of paramount concern in child protective proceedings. Utilization of a higher quantum of proof only frustrates the court's duty to protect children from the dangers arising out of parental neglect of abuse. This Comment will demonstrate that neither the precedents nor policies relied upon by the court in In re Robert P. justify an abandonment of the current statutory standard of proof required in dependency hearings.


Least Restrictive Treatment Of The Mentally Ill: A Doctrine In Search Of Its Senses, P. Browning Hoffman, Lawrence L. Foust Nov 1977

Least Restrictive Treatment Of The Mentally Ill: A Doctrine In Search Of Its Senses, P. Browning Hoffman, Lawrence L. Foust

San Diego Law Review

This Article briefly traces the judicial and legislative evolution of the least restrictive alternative doctrine. Attempts by Virginia's judiciary to substantiate it are surveyed to further illustrate the doctrine's development, and a framework is suggested for the doctrine's future application to treatment of the mentally ill.


Table Of Contents--Issue 1, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Table Of Contents--Issue 1, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Title Page, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Title Page, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Liability Of A Construction Lender Under Civil Code Section 3434: An Amorphous Epitaph To Connor V. Great Western Savings & Loan Association, Paul D. Guitierrez Jan 1977

Liability Of A Construction Lender Under Civil Code Section 3434: An Amorphous Epitaph To Connor V. Great Western Savings & Loan Association, Paul D. Guitierrez

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Informational Privacy And Public Records, Guy J. Sternal Jan 1977

Informational Privacy And Public Records, Guy J. Sternal

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hiring Goals, California State Government And Title Vii: Is This Numbers Game Legal?, Raymond M. Cadei Jan 1977

Hiring Goals, California State Government And Title Vii: Is This Numbers Game Legal?, Raymond M. Cadei

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Editorial Board, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Editorial Board, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment Behind Bars: Prisoners' Right To Form A "Union", Eric Andrus Jan 1977

The First Amendment Behind Bars: Prisoners' Right To Form A "Union", Eric Andrus

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Legislation, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Table Of Contents, Legislation, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Probate Code Conservatorships: A Legislative Grant Of New Procedural Protections, Vreeland O. Jones Jan 1977

Probate Code Conservatorships: A Legislative Grant Of New Procedural Protections, Vreeland O. Jones

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confession Of Judgment In California, Gerald S. Sampson Jan 1977

Confession Of Judgment In California, Gerald S. Sampson

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Business Associations And Professions, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Business Associations And Professions, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Review Of Selected 1976 California Legislation, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Review Of Selected 1976 California Legislation, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Hospital's Responsibility For Its Medical Staff: Prospects For Corporate Negligence In California, Margaret W. Ellison Jan 1977

The Hospital's Responsibility For Its Medical Staff: Prospects For Corporate Negligence In California, Margaret W. Ellison

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Administration Of Estates, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Administration Of Estates, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Consumer Protection, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Consumer Protection, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Review Of 1976 Selected California Legislation, Bonnie A. Mcdonald, Douglas E. Noll Jan 1977

Introduction: Review Of 1976 Selected California Legislation, Bonnie A. Mcdonald, Douglas E. Noll

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Crimes, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Crimes, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Procedure, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Civil Procedure, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Employment Practices, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Employment Practices, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Criminal Procedure, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Health And Welfare, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Health And Welfare, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Energy, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law Jan 1977

Energy, University Of The Pacific; Mcgeorge School Of Law

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.