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dc.contributor.authorStebbings, Chantalen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-25T15:22:10Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T16:53:40Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-15en_GB
dc.description.abstractThe modern legal framework for the protection of the mentally ill was conceived and developed in the nineteenth century. A substantial growth in the numbers of the mentally ill revealed an absence of effective and accessible legal protection for the property of patients with small estates. This challenge was met through the retention and reform of the ancient jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor in the Lunacy Court as the sole instrument of protection. The judicial solution was adopted in preference to bureaucratic regulation, despite the strong forces of state intervention and the reform of the legal system and its processes.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 71, Issue 2, pp. 384 - 411en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0008197312000530en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/4359en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_GB
dc.subjectMental illnessen_GB
dc.subjectlegal historyen_GB
dc.subjectpropertyen_GB
dc.subjectstate interventionen_GB
dc.subjectlunacy commissionen_GB
dc.subjectlunacy courten_GB
dc.titleProtecting the property of the mentally ill: the judicial solution in nineteenth century lunacy lawen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2013-02-25T15:22:10Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T16:53:40Z
dc.identifier.issn0008-1973en_GB
dc.descriptionAuthor's post-print draft. Final version published by Cambridge University Press; available online at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197312000530en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1469-2139en_GB
dc.identifier.journalCambridge Law Journalen_GB


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