People who have a mental illness or intellectual or physical disability - HSC Preliminary

Texts

• The Law Handbook, 10th ed, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, 2007. See Chapter 18 disability Law, Chapter 19 discrimination, Chapter 28, health
• Intellectual Disability & Criminal Law, Hot Topics 39 Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2002. (via AustLII)


• Mental health rights manual Mental Health Co-ordinating Council, 2nd ed, 2004.
• Discrimination law and practice, by Chris Ronalds & Rachel Pepper, 3rd ed, Federation Press, 2008.
• Disability discrimination - your rights NSW Anti-discrimination Board, updated April 2007.
• Disability rights Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 6 August 2007.
• Government policy and services to support and include people with disabilities by Lenny Roth, NSW Parliamentary Research Paper No 1/07.

Media - newspapers, magazines and journals

• AGISPlus via Informit. A database that includes the fullext of magazine articles. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
  • Suggested search terms: mental illness and discrimination, mental illness and law, disability and discrimination.
  • Search instructions.
• Proquest ANZ Newsstand. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
  • Suggested search terms: mental illness and discrimination, mental illness and law, disability and discrimination.
  • Search instructions.
• Infocus. You can purchase articles from the State Library, or ask your school or local library to order them. Tip: Select Legal Studies as HSC Subject. Search key words such as disability, discrimination. (Get it : SL)

Websites

• NSW Guardianship Tribunal www.gt.nsw.gov.au/
• Office of Protective Guardian www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/opg/ll_opg.nsf/pages/OPG_index
• Mental Health Review Tribunal www.mhrt.nsw.gov.au/

Key legislation

• Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dda1992264/
• Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+48+1977+FIRST+0+N/
• Mental Health Act 1990 (NSW) www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+9+1990+FIRST+0+N/

Finding Cases

• Index of cases from the Anti-Discrimination Board www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_et_legal_cases
• Administrative Decisions Tribunal - Equal Opportunity Division www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/caselaw/ll_caselaw.nsf/pages/cl_adt - decisions made under the Anti-Discrimination Act from 1998+
• Decisions made under the Disability Discrimination Act (Cth) www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/decisions/decisions.html
• Decisions of the Mental Health Review Tribunal are not publicly available.

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