Law and mental health in Canada : cases and materials.

Responsibility: Anita Szigeti, Dr. Ruby Dhan, Jennifer Chambers [and 6 others]

Subjects: Mental health laws -- Canada.; Mentally ill offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.

Contents: Foundational Issues in Mental Health Law: Lived Experience, Access to Justice and Intersectionality -- Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations -- Civil Commitment -- Consent to Treatment -- Guardianship and Powers of Attorney -- Personal Health Information Protection -- Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice -- Fitness to Stand Trial -- The Not Criminally Responsible Verdict -- Criminal Code Review Boards - Part XX.1, The Mental Disorder Provisions: History, Structure and Foundational Concepts -- Modern Review Board Law: Section 672.54 of the Criminal Code and Beyond -- Dangerous Offender and Long-Term Offender Proceedings -- Mental Health Considerations in Bail and Sentencing -- Mental Health Courts and Specialized Courts -- Indigenous Peoples and Mental Health Law -- Introduction to Coroner's Inquests in Ontario Involving Mental Health Issues -- Public Interest Standing by People with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner's Inquest - Part I: Recommensations From Inquests in Police-Involved Deaths -- Public Interest Standing By People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner's Inquests - Part II: Recommensations From Inquests in Institutional Deaths -- Practising Mental Health Law: Advocacy Tools, Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Empathy and Increasing Access to Justice