摘要
精神病人强制住院治疗制度是美国一项重要的法律制度。该制度通过司法程序将具有危险性、无法自理的精神病人强制性地送入精神治疗机构治疗。这涉及精神病人的人身自由、名誉等基本权利,因此美国制定法和判例法中形成了强制治疗的实体标准和正当程序。该制度要求治疗机构根据实际情况对于治疗期限届满的精神病人作出合理的处理。这一制度为我国精神病人强制治疗法律制度的规范与完善提供了可资借鉴的经验。
Involuntary commitment of people with mental illness is an important legal system in the USA. A person with mental illness who poses a threat'of harm and cannot survive without the other's help may be given involuntary commitment. The system concerns the patient's fight of liberty and reputation, therefore there are substantive standards and due processes in statutes and case laws. The concerning treatment facility should take the suitable steps according to the differ- ent situations of the patient after the duration of treatment, which may be borrowed to improve the relative system of China.
出处
《法律科学(西北政法大学学报)》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第3期184-191,共8页
Science of Law:Journal of Northwest University of Political Science and Law
关键词
精神病人
强制治疗
实体标准
正当程序
mentally - retarded
involuntary commitment
substantial standards
due process