Vulnerable Adults and the Law

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Herring is a Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford University and Professor of Law at the Law Faculty, Oxford University. He has written on family law, medical law, criminal law, and legal issues surrounding care and old age. His books include: Caring and the Law (2014) Older People in Law and Society (OUP, 2009); European Human Rights and Family Law (Hart, 2010) (With Shazia Choudhry); Medical Law and Ethics (OUP 2014); Criminal Law, (OUP, 2014); Family Law (Pearson, 2015); and The Woman Who Tickled Too Much (Pearson, 2009). Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung Through an examination of current case law, this book provides the first sustained treatment of vulnerable adults, discussing the legal position of those whose ability to make decisions for themselves is impaired. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Why We are Vulnerable, Incapacitious, and Relational 3: Vulnerable Adults and Human Rights 4: The Definition of Capacity 5: The Development of the Inherent Jurisdiction: The Use of the Jurisdiction 6: Public Law Protections of Vulnerable Adults 7: Vulnerable Adults and the Criminal Law 8: Vulnerable Adults and Contracts 9: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Herring, Jonathan (Professor of Law Herring, Herring Jonathan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9780198737278
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873727-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Disability: social aspects, Social Law, Feminism and feminist theory, Medical & healthcare law, Medical and healthcare law, Social law and Medical law