Regulating the private relations of adults with mental disabilities: Old laws, new policies, hollow hopes

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-106

  Levesque, Roger J R ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; COMPETENCE; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORALITY; POLICY; SEXUALITY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0030029487     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199624)14:1<83::AID-BSL225>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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