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Their Promises Of Paradise: Will Olmstead V. L.C. Resuscitate The Constitutional Least Restrictive Alternative Principle In Mental Disability Law, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2000

Their Promises Of Paradise: Will Olmstead V. L.C. Resuscitate The Constitutional Least Restrictive Alternative Principle In Mental Disability Law, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

This article argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), finding a qualified right to community treatment and services for certain institutionalized persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and endorsing an "integration mandate," forces us to reconsider the role of the "least restrictive alternative" in institutional mental disability law, and may serve to resuscitate and revitalize the constitutional foundations of that principle in this area of the law. In this context, Olmstead has the capacity to be the Supreme Court's most therapeutic mental disability law decision since that Court decided, in …


For The Misdemeanor Outlaw: The Impact Of The Ada On The Institutionalization Of Criminal Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2000

For The Misdemeanor Outlaw: The Impact Of The Ada On The Institutionalization Of Criminal Defendants With Mental Disabilities, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

This article argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), finding a qualified right to community treatment and services for certain institutionalized persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), causes us to reconceptualize state policies that mandate that all defendants in four categories - those being evaluated for competency to stand trial, those found permanently incompetent to stand trial under the Supreme Court's decision in Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972), those being evaluated for insanity, and those found not guilty by reason of insanity - be treated and housed in …


A Law Of Healing, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2000

A Law Of Healing, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


I Ain't Gonna Work On Maggie's Farm No More: Institutional Segregation, Community Treatment, The Ada, And The Promise Of Olmstead V. L.C., Michael L. Perlin Jan 2000

I Ain't Gonna Work On Maggie's Farm No More: Institutional Segregation, Community Treatment, The Ada, And The Promise Of Olmstead V. L.C., Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), qualifiedly affirming a decision that the Americans with Disabilities Act entitled plaintiffs - residents of Georgia State Hospital - to treatment in an "integrated community setting" as opposed to an "unnecessarily segregated" state hospital, potentially has the capacity to transform and revolutionize institutional mental disability law. Whether that potential is realized depends on multiple factors, especially the extent to which courts, legislatures and the public are willing to confront the extent to which sanism (an irrational prejudice of the same quality and character of other irrational prejudices that cause and are reflected …


"Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth:" Sanism, Pretextuality, And Why And How Mental Disability Law Developed As It Did, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1999

"Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth:" Sanism, Pretextuality, And Why And How Mental Disability Law Developed As It Did, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

Mental disability law jurisprudence is often incoherent Much of its incoherence can be explained by two concepts that dominate this area of the law: sanism (the irrational prejudices that cause, and are reflected in, prevailing social attitudes toward mentally disabled persons, and those so perceived) and pretextuality (the courts' acceptance -- either implicit or explicit -- of testimonial dishonesty and their decisions to engage in dishonest decisionmaking in mental disability law cases). Mental disability law is frequently premised on stereotypes and on prejudice, on typification and fear. These distortions reflect sanism; cases that sanction the use of such stereotypes and …


Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth: Sanism, Pretextuality, And Why And How Mental Disability Law Developed As It Did, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1999

Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth: Sanism, Pretextuality, And Why And How Mental Disability Law Developed As It Did, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

Mental disability law jurisprudence is often incoherent Much of its incoherence can be explained by two concepts that dominate this area of the law: sanism (the irrational prejudices that cause, and are reflected in, prevailing social attitudes toward mentally disabled persons, and those so perceived) and pretextuality (the courts' acceptance -- either implicit or explicit -- of testimonial dishonesty and their decisions to engage in dishonest decisionmaking in mental disability law cases). Mental disability law is frequently premised on stereotypes and on prejudice, on typification and fear. These distortions reflect sanism; cases that sanction the use of such stereotypes and …


Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability And Employment, Frank W. Munger, David M. Engel Jan 1998

Civil Rights And Self-Concept: Life Stories Of Law, Disability And Employment, Frank W. Munger, David M. Engel

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Make Promises By The Hour: Sex, Drugs, The Ada, And Psychiatric Hospitalization, Michael L. Perlin Jan 1997

Make Promises By The Hour: Sex, Drugs, The Ada, And Psychiatric Hospitalization, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Brief For The United States As Amicus Curiae, Department Of Justice Jul 1996

Brief For The United States As Amicus Curiae, Department Of Justice

Other Cases

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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 …


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.


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.


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.


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


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.