What Can the Human Rights Act 1998 Do for My Mental Health?

11 Pages Posted: 28 Mar 2012

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Brenda Hale

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Date Written: March 27, 2012

Abstract

This article explores the potential use the Human Rights Act 1998 in the field of mental health. It is the text of the Paul Sieghart Memorial Lecture, presented at the British Institute of Human Rights on 7 July 2004. Some later developments are noted in the footnotes.

Keywords: family law, child law, mental health, Human Rights Act 1998

Suggested Citation

Hale, Brenda, What Can the Human Rights Act 1998 Do for My Mental Health? (March 27, 2012). Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 295-305, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2029563

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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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