LL4K7 Half Unit
Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context
This information is for the 2011/12 session.
Teacher responsible
Professor Jill Peay, NAB 6.11. The course is taught in the Lent term at the LSE and students are taught alongside those from Kings College, London. Availability
For LLM students and (with permission) MSc Criminal Justice Policy.
This course, together with its related full unit course LL458, is subject to an overall cap of 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on LSEforYou.
Course content
This course aims to integrate a practical and theoretical understanding of mental health law, as it relates to mentally disordered offenders. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of the detail of the relevant law in England and Wales, but rather aims at broader conceptual understanding of the problem areas that are likely to bedevil law relating to mentally disordered offenders across many jurisdictions. The course makes reference to both the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Indicative reading
J. Peay (2010) Mental Health and Crime Routledge.
P Bartlett & R Sandland, Mental Health Law. Policy and Practice, Oxford University Press is due out in a new edition in 2011/12.
Teaching
Weekly seminars of two hours for 10 weeks in LT.
Formative coursework
One essay of 2,000 words to be submitted by the last day of term.
Assessment
Two-hour unseen examination in ST (100%). Note that students taking both this course and LL4G7 Mental Health Law: The Civil Context (H) will sit one 3-hour exam in the ST: LL458 Mental Health Law ^
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