Defending Mentally Disordered Persons by Kris Gledhill

Defending Mentally Disordered Persons by Kris Gledhill

Criminal practitioners will encounter clients with mental health problems regularly. This book provides guidance on recognising the signs of such problems and understanding the correct procedures to provide the client with the best representation. It covers every aspect of the legal process, from initial contact with the client at a police station through to the sentencing hearing, and representing mentally disordered prisoners and on their release.

Kris Gledhill is a barrister and senior lecturer in law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His practice covers criminal appeals and public law and his research interests are mental health law, prison law, human rights law and comparative criminal law. He is editor of the Mental Health Law Reports and the Prison Law Reports and author of Mental health tribunals: essential cases (2009) (all published by Southside Legal Publishing). Kris is also on the board of directors of the Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers.

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ISBN 13	9781903307281
ISBN 10	1903307287
Title	Defending Mentally Disordered Persons
Author	Kris Gledhill
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Legal Action Group
Year published	2012-04-18
Number of pages	578
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