Mental Disability and the Death Penalty - The Shame of the States

Informationen zum Autor Michael L. Perlin is professor of Law at New York Law School (NYLS),director of NYLS's Online Mental Disability Law Program, and director of NYLS's International Mental Disability Law Reform Project in its Justice Action Center. He serves on the Board of Advisors of Disability Rights International, and has done advocacy work on behalf of persons with disabilities on every continent. He has written 21 books and over 250 articles on all aspects of mental disability law, most dealing with the intersection of mental disability law and criminal procedure. His book, The Jurisprudence of the Insanity Defense, won the Manfred Guttmacher Award given by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law as the best book in the field of law and forensic psychiatry in 1995. He has done extensive work in China with the American Bar Association's Rule of Law-Asia office where, in conjunction with the All China Lawyers' Association, and the Northwest University of Politics and Law, he has conducted "Training the Trainers" workshops in Xi'an, China, to teach experienced death penalty defense lawyers how to train inexperienced lawyers, employing the online distance learning methodologies used in the online program. Klappentext Michael Perlin shows how the administration of the death penalty deprives persons with mental disabilities of their constitutional rights, and how trial courts and prosecutors consciously flaunt the law. Using real life examples, he brings this often overlooked situation to light and calls for immediate change. Zusammenfassung Michael Perlin shows how the administration of the death penalty deprives persons with mental disabilities of their constitutional rights! and how trial courts and prosecutors consciously flaunt the law. Using real life examples! he brings this often overlooked situation to light and calls for immediate change.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael L Perlin, Michael L. Perlin, Perlin Michael L.
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895881
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9588-1
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; USA, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Care of the mentally ill, United States of America, USA, Care of people with mental health issues, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment