The Exercise of Legal Capacity, Supported Decision-Making and Scotland’s Mental Health and Incapacity Legislation: Working with CRPD Challenges

Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly as interpreted in the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General Comment No. 1, presents a significant challenge to all jurisdictions that equate interventions permitted under their mental heal...

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Main Author: Jill Stavert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Laws
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/4/2/296