Camillia Kong, "Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision-Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision-Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy\xa0(Cambridge University Press, 2017), challenges the current\xa0legal landscape of mental capacity law and human rights legislation, arguing that assessments of mental capacity should take account\xa0the role of relationships in the decision-making capacity of individuals with impairments and mental disorders.\xa0Dr. Camillia Kong's is an\xa0interdisciplinary exploration, combining philosophy, legal analysis on the law of England and Wales, the European Convention of Human Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Kong defends a concept of mental capacity, but one which at times\xa0provides scope for justifiable interventions into disabling relationships. The implications of Kong's hypothesis are\xa0groundbreaking; she provides a framework which articulates the practice of capacity assessments to help to better situate, interpret, and understand the decisions and actions of people with impairments.\xa0\nThis monograph is the basis of another publication\xa0(co-written with Alex Ruck Keene)\xa0Overcoming Challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Practical Guidance for Working with Complex Issues\xa0(Jessica Kingsley, 2018). You can listen to that interview with Dr. Kong and Ruck-Keene\xa0here.\nDr Camillia Kong is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Crime & Justice, Policy Research at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the Principal Investigator of Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law.\nJane Richards\xa0is a doctoral student at the University of Hong Kong. You can find her on twitter where she follows all things related to human rights and Hong Kong politics @JaneRichardsHK\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law