Open AccessDue Process and Confinement for Mental Disorder
Author(s) -
Gary Draper
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr2314
Subject(s) - institution , meaning (existential) , process (computing) , mentally ill , criminal law , law , psychology , law and economics , mental health , criminology , political science , sociology , mental illness , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer science , operating system
One may lose his freedom by being confined to a mental institution. The meaning of "due process of law" is examined with regard to determining whether person being confined to mental institution in Alberta receives the benefits of due process of law. The processes by which criminal is confined are compared with those by which mentally disordered person is confined. The article concludes that in many instances the mentally disordered are deprived of their freedom without due process of law.