Browsing School of Law (Scholarly Articles) by Subject "Autonomy"
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Advance Directives in Mental Health Care: Hearing the Voice of the Mentally Ill
(Thomson Reuters Professional Ireland Limited, 2010-05)Advance directives or 'living wills' are statements by competent adults setting out their wishes in anticipation of future incapacity to make decisions. The capacity to make independent choices and decisions may be impacted ... -
Autonomy and prenuptial agreements in Ireland: A relational analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04-03)Unlike England and Wales, Ireland has not yet moved from the traditional common law rejection of prenuptial agreements. Nevertheless, similar policy concerns continue to be debated in both jurisdictions, particularly regarding ... -
Relational theory and choice rhetoric in the Supreme Court of Canada
(2015)The issue of personal choice has become central to Canadian family law. Much of the debate derives from the competing models of autonomy posited by neoliberal and feminist theorists. Neoliberalism, which currently dominates ... -
The right to legal agency: domination, disability and the protections of Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02-15)Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has created a revolution in legal-capacity law reform. It protects the right to exercise legal agency for people with disabilities with more clarity ...