Dworkin v Fish : Theoretical Premise of Awarding Damages for Psychiatric Illness in England and Australia

Muthu, Y

Dworkin v Fish : Theoretical Premise of Awarding Damages for Psychiatric Illness in England and Australia

Muthu, Y

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Publisher:: Franz Steiner Verlag
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: archiv fuer rechts - und sozialphilosphie, 2009, 95 (3), pp. 327 - 351
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Muthu, Y	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	archiv fuer rechts - und sozialphilosphie, 2009, 95 (3), pp. 327 - 351	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0001-2343	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10494
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the law of psychiatric illness in the light of Ronald Dworkin's and Stanley Fish's legal theory. The article proposes to examine the attitude of judges to judicial law making in England and Australia, the jurisprudential contributions to the debate and the need for and the justification of judge-made law in terms of rules, principles and policies. Although there is recent scientific research explaining that mental health causes actual trauma to brain cell structures, it seems unlikely that English courts will adopt a similar stance to recognize this new development in psychiatry.	en_US
dc.publisher	Franz Steiner Verlag	en_US
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dc.title	Dworkin v Fish : Theoretical Premise of Awarding Damages for Psychiatric Illness in England and Australia	en_US
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This article examines the law of psychiatric illness in the light of Ronald Dworkin's and Stanley Fish's legal theory. The article proposes to examine the attitude of judges to judicial law making in England and Australia, the jurisprudential contributions to the debate and the need for and the justification of judge-made law in terms of rules, principles and policies. Although there is recent scientific research explaining that mental health causes actual trauma to brain cell structures, it seems unlikely that English courts will adopt a similar stance to recognize this new development in psychiatry.

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