International human rights and mental disability law : when the silenced are heard / [electronic resource] Michael L. Perlin. Perlin, Michael L., 1946- Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities Civil rights. Insanity (Law) K640 344.044 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 339 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393231.001.0001 eng American Psychology-Law Society series American Psychology-Law Society series.