Title Capacity, participation and values in comparative legal perspective / Editors: Camillia Kong, John Coggon, Penny Cooper, Michael Dunn, and Alex Ruck Keene

Published Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages) Contents Front Cover -- Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Values, Participation and Mental Capacity Laws in International Comparative Perspective -- Introduction -- The chapters -- Conclusion -- 2 Mental Capacity Law in England and Wales: A Value-Laden Jurisdiction -- Introduction -- Values in the legislative framing -- The status of P's subjective values -- P's participation in decision-making -- Critical evaluation -- Conclusion Acknowledgement -- 3 Mental Capacity Regimes Approach to Values and Participation in Proceedings Involving Individuals with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity in Scotland -- Introduction -- The human rights framework in Scotland and mental health and capacity law -- Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 -- The 'incapable adult' -- Adults with Incapacity Act principles promoting participation -- Benefit and not best interests -- Least restrictive option -- The adult's voice -- Adults with Incapacity Act and advance planning measures -- Limitations on the adult's voice and participation Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 -- Significantly impaired decision-making ability -- Mental Health Act principles promoting participation -- Mental Health Act and advance planning: psychiatric advance statements -- Discussion: the presence of values -- Conclusion -- 4 The Fusion Approach to Mental Capacity Law in Northern Ireland: Possibilities and Challenges -- Introduction -- The Northern Ireland context -- Participation and values in the development of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 Participation and values in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 -- Implementation and ongoing debates -- Conclusion -- 5 Judging Values in a Time of Transition: An Irish Perspective -- Introduction -- Evolving judicial values in a time of transition -- Capacity and the role of law -- Values in the legal process -- Transparency in the exercise of the wardship jurisdiction -- Participation in the judicial process -- Values in substantive resolution -- Values in a time of transition -- Values in cases of conflict -- Values in treatment withholding/withdrawal -- Changing medical values Looking forward: judicial values in the operation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act -- Procedural values in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act -- Substantive values in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act -- Conclusion -- 6 US Laws Relating to Decision-Making on Behalf of P -- Introduction -- Some aspects of federalism in the US -- Capacity determinations -- Appointments of guardians -- The interests of P -- Values in deciding for P -- New prospects for consideration of P's current values? -- Conclusion Summary With contributions from an international team of experts, this collection provides a much-needed international, comparative approach to mental capacity law Notes Description based upon print version of record 7 Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities and Canadian Mental Capacity Law Subject Capacity and disability. Mental health laws. People with social disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc LAW / Disability. People with social disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. Mental health laws Capacity and disability Form Electronic book Author Kong, Camillia, editor Coggon, John, editor Cooper, Penny, editor Dunn, Michael, editor Ruck Keene, Alex, editor ISBN 9781529224474 1529224470 9781529224467 1529224462

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