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Mental health law
The subject of mental health law covers a vast number of diverse interests and public attitudes. In recent times there has been a shift away from issues of detention and treatment in hospital towards the problems raised by the increasing numbers of people discharged from hospital to live within the community.
370 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 1990
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Brenda Hale
23 books15 followersBrenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale, DBE, QC, PC, FBA is a British legal academic, barrister, judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. She was the only woman ever to have been appointed to this position. She served as a Law Lord until 2009 when she, along with the other Law Lords, transferred to the new Supreme Court. She remains the most senior female judge in the history of the United Kingdom.
In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. She was the only woman ever to have been appointed to this position. She served as a Law Lord until 2009 when she, along with the other Law Lords, transferred to the new Supreme Court. She remains the most senior female judge in the history of the United Kingdom.
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