Vulnerable Adults and the Law

by Jonathan Herring

We are used to thinking that most people have the capacity to make their own decisions; that they should be free to decide how to live their lives; and that it is a good thing to be self-sufficient. However, in an examination of the legal position of vulnerable adults, understood as those who have capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 but are deemed impaired through vulnerability in their exercise of decision making powers, Jonathan Herring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198737270
• ISBN13: 9780198737278
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"