Global perspectives on legal capacity reform: our voices, our stories

In: Routledge research in human rights law

Abstract

Theoretical framework for the voices project / Clíona de Bhailís /Project methodology and background / Eilionoir Flynn -- Introduction to criminal responsibility / Anna arstein-kerslake -- Going to pot : Nick's journey through the criminal justice system / Nicholas Clarke, Chloe Hocking, and Nell Munro -- Questions of criminal culpability and persons with disabilities / Amita Dhanda and Gabor Gombos -- Conclusion : criminal responsibility / Anna Arstein-Kerslake -- Introduction to contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- I have the strength to speak up for myself : Nikona nguvu ya kujiongelelea / Joy Rehema and Emer O'Shea -- Silenced, alone, powerless : my life as a ward of court in Ireland / Claire Hendrick and Donna MC Namara -- "The law is very complicated" / Dermot Lowndes and Jan Strnad -- Travel and dementia : one story, many rights / Helen Rochford Brennan and Moira Jenkins -- Consumer law, contracts & support : I had one dream to buy a simple smartphone / Marieta Petrova and Aylin Yumerova -- From institutional life to home ownership : a personal story demonstrating the power of support to enable the exercise of legal capacity / Paul Alford and Michelle Browning -- Conclusion : contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- Introduction to relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Marriage and intellectual disability in Ireland : my sister is married, why can't I get married? / Maria Mahony and Sarah Richardson -- Dreaming of traveling, dreaming of freedom : relationships and the right to support / Ronnie Harris and Jana Offergeld -- Conclusion : relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Introduction to consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- This is not a story : from ethical loneliness to respect for diverse ways of knowing, thinking, and being / Cath Roper and Piers Gooding -- Getting sucked out of that black hole termed India's legal mental health machinery / Lavanya Seshayee and Maths Jesperson -- Consent is more than just yes or no / Fiona Anderson and Bo Chen -- The humour in my tumour : respecting legal capacity in health care decision making / Reshma Vallippan and Roxanne Mykitiuk -- Conclusion : consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- Freedom : a work in progress / Rusi Stanev and Sheila Wildeman -- Overall conclusion / Eilionóir Flynn