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• Law and mental illness
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• Clinical lecture on mental diseases. (H. C. Lea's Son, 1884), by T. S. Sir Clouston and Charles Follen Folsom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A summary of the laws of several states governing I.--Marriage and divorce of the feeble-minded, the epileptic and the insane. II.--Asexualization. III.--Institutional commitment and discharge of the feeble-minded and the epileptic. (The Bailey and Babette Gatzert Foundation for Child Welfare, 1914), by Stevenson Smith, Lovisa C. Wagoner, Madge W. Wilkinson, and Madge W. Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Summaries of state laws relating to the feebleminded and the epileptic (The National committee for mental hygiene, 1917), by Samuel W. Hamilton and Roy Haber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the HEW Task Force on Implementation of the Report to the President from the President's Commission on Mental Health ([Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration], 1978), by United States. HEW Task Force on Implementation of the Report to the President from the President's Commission on Mental Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clinical lectures on mental diseases. To which is added, an Abstract of the statutes of the United States, and of the several states and territories, relating to the custody of the insane (H. C. Lea's Son, 1884), by Thomas Smith Clouston and Charles Follen Folson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clinical lectures on mental diseases. (Lea Brothers, 1897), by T. S. Clouston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reform des irrenrechtes (Art. institut Orell Füssli, 1891), by Eduard August Schroeder (page images at HathiTrust)
• La folie et la loi. (Librairie centrale, 1866), by Henri Thulié (page images at HathiTrust)
• Community mental health centers amendments of 1969. Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, first session, on S. 2523 ... July 28 and 30, 1969. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legislation on insanity a collection of all the lunacy laws of the states and territories of the United States to the year 1883 inclusive : also the laws of England on insanity, legislation in Canada on private houses, and important portions of the lunacy laws of Germany, France, etc. ([G.L. Harrison?], 1884), by George L. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Bewusstlosigkeitszustände als Strafausschliessungsgründe : im Sinne der neuesten deutschen, österreichischen und ungarischen Strafgesetzgebung / von Otto Schwartzer. (H. Laupp, 1878), by Otto Schwartzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legislation on insanity. A collection of all the lunacy laws of the states and territories of the United States to the year 1883, inclusive. Also the laws of England on insanity, legislation in Canada on private houses, and important portions of the lunacy laws of Germany, France, etc. (Priv. print. [Globe Printing House], 1884), by George L. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental health and developmental disabilities code, with annotations of required forms. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities., in the 20th century), by Illinois and Illinois. Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illinois plan to protect and advocate the rights of developmentally disabled persons (Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Care and treatment of mentally deficient persons. ([Illinois] Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1977), by Illinois and Illinois. Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report, 1977 (The Commission, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Laws of Alabama relating to child welfare : enacted at the 1923 session of the Legislature. (Brown Printing Co., State Printers and Binders, 1923), by Alabama (page images at HathiTrust)

• De l'état des aliénés en Belgique, et des moyens d'améliorer leur sort : extrait d'un rapport adressé au ministre de l'intérieur, suivi d'un projet de loi relatif au traitement et a la séquestration des aliénés (Laurent frères, 1832), by Edouard Ducpétiaux (page images at HathiTrust)

• California mental health services act. (State of California, Health and Welfare Agency, Dept. of Health, 1974), by California. Health and Welfare Agency, California, and California. Department of Health (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• California Mental Health Services Act (The Dept., in the 20th century), by California, California. Department of Mental Health, California. Department of Health, and California. Department of Mental Hygiene (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Short-Doyle Act for community mental health services. An informational brochure for the development of local mental health programs (Department of Mental Hygiene, Division of Community Services, 1958), by California. Department of Mental Hygiene and California (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Edited transcript of hearing of the Subcommittee on Mental Health : Friday, October 2, 1964, Los Angeles. ([Sacramento?, 1964), by California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Mental Health (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Mentally retarded offender and the law : selected papers. (Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services, 1971), by Washington (State). Dept. of Social and Health Services. Special Projects Section (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Étude médico-légale sur la folie (J.-B. Baillière et Fils ;, 1872), by Ambroise Tardieu, C. Bailly-Baillière, and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• No. 157 (tome I-[II] Sénat Session 1884. Annexe au Procés-verbal de la séance du 20 mai 1884.) (P. Mouillot, imprimeur du Sénat, 1884), by Commission relative à la revision de la loi du 30 juin 1838 sur les France. Aliénés and Théophile Roussel (page images at HathiTrust)

• Zur reform des irrenrechts. Elf leitsätz zur besserung der irrenfürsorge und beseitigung de entmündigungsunfugs, im auftrage einer am 21. november 1894 in Göttingen zusammengetretenen vereinigung mit begründung (D.B. Wiemann, 1895), by Arthur von Kirchenheim and Heinrich Reinartz (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Letter to the Right Honourable The Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect (London: R. Hunter, 1823), by John Haslam (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Experiences of an Asylum Patient (London: Allen and Unwin, c1922), by Rachel Grant-Smith, ed. by Montagu Lomax (page images at tmc.edu)
• Chapters on the history of the insane in the British isles (K. Paul, Trench & co., 1882), by Daniel Hack Tuke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Insanity and its treatment : lectures on the treatment, medical and legal, of insane patients (W. Wood, 1886), by G. Fielding Blandford and Allan McLane Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Before trial : what should be done by client, solicitor & counsel from a barrister's point of view : together with a treatise on the defence of insanity (Waterlow Bros. & Layton, 1887), by Richard Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new statutes relating to lunacy, comprising the law relating to pauper lunatics, with the practice and practical forms, very fully given; also, the law respecting lunatic asylums, public and private, with the duties of the commissioners in lunacy and visiting justices. (Shaw and sons, 1854), by Great Britain and John Frederick Archbold (page images at HathiTrust)
• The experiences of an asylum patient (G. Allen & Unwin, 1922), by Rachel Grant-Smith and Montagu Lomax (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums, and the commissioners in lunacy ; with an introductory commentary, notes to the statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index (Knight, 1890), by Danby Palmer Fry and George F. Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The insane and the law : a plain guide for medical men, solicitors, and others, as to (I) the detention and treatment; (II) maintenance; (III) civil and criminal responsibility; and (IV) capacity either (a) to give evidence or (b) to make a will, of persons mentally afflicted; with hints to medical witnesses and to cross-examining counsel (J & A Churchill, 1895), by George Pitt-Lewis, J. A. Hawke, and R. Percy Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lunacy practice (Stevens, 1905), by N. Arthur Heywood and A. S. Massey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report from the Select Committee on Lunacy Law; together with the proceedings on the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix. ([London] :, 1877), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Lunacy Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law of and practice in lunacy : with the Lunacy Acts 1890-91 (consolidated and annotated) ... (Wm. Green, 1896), by Alexander Wood Renton and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law relating to the mentally defective. The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, with introduction, notes, and appendices containing the Lunacy Act, 1890, as amended and other statutes, regulations, circular letters, &c. (Stevens and Sons, limited, 1914), by Herbert Davey and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das englische Gesetz betreffend die Fürsorge und Verwahrung geistig Minderwertiger (J. Guttentag, 1914), by Ernst Behrend and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles, by Daniel Hack Tuke (Gutenberg ebook)

• A perlekedő tébolyodottságról (Franklin Társulat Könyvnyomdája, 1893), by Ernő Emil Moravcsik (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report to the Director, Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (The Dept., 1977), by Illinois. Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. Departmental Task Force on the Proposed Revision of the Illinois Mental Health Code and Illinois. Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report (The Commission, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act : (20 ILCS 1705) (State of Illinois, 1996), by Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental health and developmental disabilities code, with annotations of required forms. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities., in the 20th century), by Illinois and Illinois. Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental health code ... as amended with annotations for required forms. (Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, in the 20th century), by Illinois, Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health, and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Governor's Commission to Revise the Mental Health Code of Illinois. (The Commission, 1989), by Illinois. Commission to Revise the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act (The Dept., 1991), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act (20 ILCS 1705). (Illinois Department of Human Services], 1997), by Illinois. Dept. of Human Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act : (20 ILCS 1705/0.01 et seq.) (State of Illinois, 1993), by Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act : (20 ILCS 1705) (State of Illinois, 1994), by Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Powers and duties of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities : includes amendments, additions effective 9/91, through effective date 1/92 : including selected sections of the Civil Administrative Code. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1991), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act : effective January 1, 1979. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1982), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interstate compact on mental health. (Dept. of Mental Health, 1967), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (The Department, 1988), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illinois plan to protect and advocate the rights of developmentally disabled persons (Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Care and treatment of mentally deficient persons. ([Illinois] Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1977), by Illinois and Illinois. Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report, 1977 (The Commission, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report (The Commission, 1976), by Illinois. Governor's Commission for Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Study guide : comparison of the 1967 mental health code, as amended, and the proposed mental health and developmental disabilities code (The Commission, 1977), by Illinois. Governor's Commission for the Revision of the Mental Health Code of Illinois and Illinois. Commission on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Powers and duties of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, as amended. (State of Illinois, Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1977), by Illinois and Illinois. Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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