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 (Get it : In public libraries)
- Intellectual disability and criminal law, Hot Topics 39, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2002. Available at www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/liac/hot_topic/hottopic/2002/4/
- Mental health rights manual, Mental Health Co-ordinating Council, 2nd ed, 2004. Available at www.mhcc.org.au/rightsmanual/mhrm.html
- Discrimination law and practice, by Chris Ronalds & Rachel Pepper, 3rd ed, Federation Press, 2008. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Disability discrimination - your rights, NSW Anti-discrimination Board, updated April 2007. Available at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_disability
- Disability rights, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 6 August 2007. Available at www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/index.html
- Government policy and services to support and include people with disabilities, by Lenny Roth, NSW Parliamentary Research Paper No 1/07. Available at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/250634FDF0701B1DCA25727A001F6922
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.
State Library of NSW access
(SL) = State Library of NSW and other libraries. For remote access databases, register online at www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/register.cfm
