Mental Health Law & Policy
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| LAWW3087 | Law | 3 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- LAWW3087
- School
- Law
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module concerns the law relating to people subject to deprivation of liberty or compulsory treatment for a mental disorder. It will cover treatment in the community, hospital admission (compulsory and non-compulsory) and treatment (compulsory and non-compulsory), mental disorder within the criminal justice system and discharge from detention. It will then consider a range of sociological and critical theoretical approaches to the use of these legal powers, including critical race perspectives, theories of social control, and theories of human rights law. Underlying the module are the questions of how we define mental disorder, how we respond to it and whether our current legal arrangements are adequate or appropriate.
Target Students
Only available to UG Final Year students in the School of Law and exchange students hosted by the School of Law.
Classes
This module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: 12 pages.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
Mental health provides an ideal opportunity to examine the interrelations between law, social policy and social theory. The module will introduce a variety of these perspectives including disability rights, social control and medical humanitarianism. Students should complete the course with an in-depth knowledge of the content of mental health law in England and Wales and the ability to critically analyse the operation of the law in practice.Learning Outcomes
- Become familiar with relevant legislation, decision structures and case law; statutory interpretation.
- Learn relevant social theory, and understand the interaction between the social theory and the relevant doctrinal legal materials.
Conveners
- Dr Chloe Holloway