Clough / Pritchard-Jones Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3563-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Law, Society, Policy

Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other person needs to consent and can withdraw that consent. While this has been welcomed for asserting the importance of the interpersonal dynamics of sex, it has significant implications for practice and for the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments.

This collection brings together academics, practitioners and organizations to consider the challenges posed by the current legal framework, and future directions for law, policy and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clough, Beverley

Pritchard-Jones, Laura

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sandland, Ralph

Ruck Keene, Alex

Enefer, Allegra

Cusack, Alan

Lindsey, Jaime

Brennan, Karen

Bates, Claire

Morgan, Hannah

Squires, Becky

Hollomotz, Andrea

Sorinmade, Oluwatoyin

Peisah, Carmelle

Allen, Neil

Currie, Lorraine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Sozialrecht SGB-IX, Rehabilitation, Behindertenteilhabe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Kirsty Keywood and Margaret Flynn

Introduction - Beverley Clough and Laura Pritchard- Jones

PART I: Legal Developments

1. Historical Perspectives on Law, Sexual Intimacy and Capacity - Ralph Sandland

2. Sexual Capacity: Are There Questions the Law Should Not Ask? - Alex Ruck Keene, Allegra Enefer and Alan Cusack

3. Capacity to Consent to Sex in the Civil and Criminal Law: Blurring the Boundaries - Jaime Lindsey and Karen Brennan

4. Reflections from Practice: The Practicalities of Assessing Sexual Mental Capacity - Claire Bates

PART II: The Law in Practice

5. Where Is the Love? Promoting a Rights- based, Personcentred and Relational Approach to Social Work Practice - Becky Squires and Hannah Morgan

6. Promoting Human Rights around Intimacy for People Living with Dementia: A Psychiatric Perspective - Oluwatoyin Sorinmade and Carmelle Peisah

7. “I just felt that I was somebody who was there to be abused”: A Sociological Analysis of Structural Causes for Delayed Naming of Sexual Violence at the Intersection of Disability and Gender - Andrea Hollomotz

8. Reflections from Practice: The Legal Labyrinth of Sexual Capacity – Balancing Rights with Risks - Lorraine Currie and Neil Allen

Conclusion - Beverley Clough and Laura Pritchard-Jones

Über Autor(innen)

Pritchard-Jones, Laura
Laura Pritchard-Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Keele University.

Ruck Keene, Alex
Alex Ruck Keene is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers specialising in mental capacity, and a Visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London. He is a consultant on the AHRC-funded Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project.

Clough, Beverley
Beverley Clough is Professor of Law and Social Justice at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Beverley Clough is Professor of Law and Social Justice at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Laura Pritchard-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Law at Keele University.