Legislation to Law: Rubicon or Styx?
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https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v1i13.173Abstract
I wrote this article as a reflection on the activities of the Joint Scrutiny Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill 2004. My credentials for authorship are that I acted as the Chair of the Committee, elected by the Committee at the beginning of its proceedings.
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