| Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials General Editors and Authors: Anita Szigeti & Ruby Dhand | |
| Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials brings together in a summary yet comprehensive way the field of mental health law. Examining both civil and criminal justice contexts in which mental health law is practised, this casebook is a complete guide for law students, articling students and new lawyers or lawyers newly interested in practising any aspect of mental health law anywhere in Canada. Anita Szigeti is recognized as Canada’s leading expert in mental health law. She has litigated thousands of mental health cases at the tribunal level and on appeals at all levels of court for 30 years in Ontario and since 2014 in Nunavut. She is a widely published author, teacher and sought- after speaker on any topic related to mental health and the law. Ms. Szigeti is the founding lawyer of Anita Szigeti Advocates, a Toronto firm focusing on mental health and the law. She graduated from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law in 1990. She is currently co- director (with Dr. Ruby Dhand) of the Mental Health Law course within the Health Law LL.M. at Osgoode Professional Development, where she obtained a Certificate in Tribunal Adjudication in 2018. Ruby Dhand, B.A. (Ontario), M.A. (Carleton), LL.B. (Ottawa), LL.M. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Osgoode), is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). Dr. Dhand is an award-winning teacher in the areas of human rights law, health law, mental health law and policy in Canada and community lawyering. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 2008. Dr. Dhand was awarded the TRU Law Teaching Excellence Prize by the Student Law Society in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the Recognition of Excellence Award by the TRU Board of Governors in 2021. She has been awarded a number of Tri-Agency research grants including the SSHRC Insight Development Grant, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, the CIHR Fellowship in Health Law and Policy, the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, along with multiple Law Foundation of BC Grants. Contributors Jennifer Chambers Cassandra DeMelo Carter Martell Jacqueline Petrie Sarah Rankin Naomi Sayers Amy Shoemaker AVAILABLE JANUARY 2023 $135 | Approx. 450 pages | Softcover ISBN: 9780433525165 ORDER TODAY! Take advantage of the 30-Day Risk-Free Examination. CALL 1-800-387-0899 GO TO lexisnexis.ca/store EMAIL orders@lexisnexis.ca CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Price does not reflect applicable taxes, shipping and handling. Prepayment required for first-time purchasers. Price and other details are subject to change without notice. |
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Foundational Issues in Mental Health Law: Lived Experience, Access to Justice and Intersectionality Chapter 2 – Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations
Chapter 3 – Civil Commitment
Chapter 4 – Consent to Treatment
Chapter 5 – Guardianship and Powers of Attorney Chapter 6 – Personal Health Information Protection Chapter 7 – Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice Chapter 8 – Fitness to Stand Trial
Chapter 9 – The Not Criminally Responsible Verdict
Chapter 10 – Criminal Code Review Boards – Part XX.1, the Mental Disorder Provisions: History, Structure and Foundational Concepts
Chapter 11 – Modern Review Board Law: s. 672.54 of the Criminal Code and Beyond Chapter 12 – Dangerous Offender and Long-Term Offender Proceedings
Chapter 13 – Mental Health Considerations in Bail and Sentencing
Chapter 14 – Mental Health Courts and Specialized Courts
Chapter 15 – Indigenous Peoples and Mental Health Law
Chapter 16 – Introduction to Coroner’s Inquests in Ontario Involving Mental Health Issues
Chapter 17 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part I: Recommendations From Inquests in Police-involved Deaths
Chapter 18 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part II: Recommendations From Inquests in Institutional Deaths
Chapter 19 – Practicing Mental Health Law: Advocacy Tools, Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Empathy and Increasing Access to Justice
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