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How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch
How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch
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Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) asks us to look at law as it actually impacts people’s lives and focuses on the law’s influence on emotional life and psychological well-being. It suggests that law should value psychological health, should strive to avoid imposing anti-therapeutic consequences whenever possible, and — when consistent with other values served by law — should attempt to bring about healing and wellness. The ultimate aim of TJ is to determine whether legal rules and procedures or lawyer roles can or should be reshaped to enhance their therapeutic potential while not subordinating due process principles. An inquiry into therapeutic outcomes …
All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch
All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch
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With the growth in the field of mental disability law over the past 50 years, very few topics involving persons with mental illness remain taboo or off limits to scholars and judges who face these issues daily. However, discussions of the question of whether persons with mental disabilities have a right to voluntary sexual interaction often touches a raw nerve in conversations about mental disability law, even with those who are practicing in the field, and the discomfort people feel in examining this topic is exacerbated when discussing individuals who are institutionalized.
Although this often appears to be a difficult …
The Marriage Protection Act: A Lesson In Congressional Over-Reaching, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum
The Marriage Protection Act: A Lesson In Congressional Over-Reaching, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum
NYLS Law Review
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Limited In Sex, They Dare: Attitudes Toward Issues Of Patient Sexuality, Michael L. Perlin
Limited In Sex, They Dare: Attitudes Toward Issues Of Patient Sexuality, Michael L. Perlin
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The author frequently speaks on issues involving the sexuality rights of persons with mental disabilities who are institutionalized. In this article, he discusses the prevalent attitudes of audience members to these presentations, attitudes ranging from anger to denial to projection to transference/countertransference to fear to expressions of religiosity. In some cases, an important connection is made between the speaker and audience members. The article considers these attitudes and seeks to offer explanations for why this is such a threatening topic to so many listeners.
The Use And Abuse Of Social Science In The Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Stephen A. Newman
The Use And Abuse Of Social Science In The Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Stephen A. Newman
NYLS Law Review
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Civil Partnership In The U.K. – Some International Problems, Barry Crown
Civil Partnership In The U.K. – Some International Problems, Barry Crown
NYLS Law Review
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Langan V. St. Vincent’S Hospital, Emily Stein
Reclaiming Sex From The Pornographers: Cybersexual Possibilities, Carlin Meyer
Reclaiming Sex From The Pornographers: Cybersexual Possibilities, Carlin Meyer
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Feminism, Work And Sex: Returning To The Gates, Carlin Meyer
Feminism, Work And Sex: Returning To The Gates, Carlin Meyer
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