Legal Order and Mental Disorder

Download or read book Legal Order and Mental Disorder written by Amita Dhanda and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2000-03-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines the interaction between law (i.e., legislation, government rules and court decisions) and mental disorder in India. She does not limit her exposition to merely discussing how the law regulates the medical and social dimensions of mental illness but extends it to show the manner in which society and the medical establishment utilise these legal provisions. More importantly, the book examines how the law impacts on persons with mental illness and proves that the extant law is rights insensitive.