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Reforming The Mental Health Law Of Ohio, James K. Feldman
Reforming The Mental Health Law Of Ohio, James K. Feldman
Akron Law Review
IT WAS A COLD, SNOWY DAY toward the end of November, 1859. C. P. Wolcott, one of Akron's prominent attorneys, bundled up on the seat of his "buckboard," was driving his team all about town, trying to obtain affidavits from various citizens of his community who could testify to his client's mad delusions, and thereby save him from execution for charges arising from his attempt to seize the federal army arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, the previous October 16th. John Brown, married and the father of 20 children, was sentenced to be hanged on December 2nd. The client sincerely believed …
The New Ohio Mental Health Act, Janice Gui, Sandra S. Braden, John J. Lavin
The New Ohio Mental Health Act, Janice Gui, Sandra S. Braden, John J. Lavin
Akron Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to highlight the new procedural and substantive rights that are now guaranteed to the person sought to be committed for mental illness. The writers seek to evaluate it against a background of social and medical desirability, as well as constitutional mandates. One should keep in mind that our current method of dealing with the mentally ill is by no means either universal or necessary. Other societies have used different methods; some have been less compassionate, while others have been more so. In order to attempt to place Ohio's law in this broad perspective, the …