Medicalisation and participation in legal capacity determinations in Chile

Pablo Marshall; Guillermo Jiménez

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2021.101735

Medicalisation and participation in legal capacity determinations in Chile

Pablo Marshall, Guillermo Jiménez

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This paper provides an examination of the process used by ordinary courts in Chile when making legal capacity determinations. It provides an up-to-date account of various aspects of law and procedure related to legal capacity in this jurisdiction. Also, by drawing on semi-structured interviews with judges, this paper examines judicial understandings of legal capacity decision-making focusing on problems related to the medicalisation of mental disability and the participation of persons with disabilities in legal capacity procedures.

Original language	English
Article number	101735
Journal	International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Volume	78
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2021.101735
State	Published - 1 Sep 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chile
Legal capacity
Medicalisation
Mental disability
Participation

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