Anna Arstein-Kerslake Books

Exploring the concept of personal autonomy, this book delves into the fundamental human right to make individual choices. It challenges conventional perspectives and emphasizes the importance of decision-making in shaping one’s life. Through a comprehensive analysis, it highlights the implications of this right on personal freedom and societal structures, encouraging readers to reflect on the power and responsibility that come with self-determination.

Focusing on the intersection of gender and legal capacity, this book delves into the concepts of legal personhood and agency, highlighting the historical and ongoing denials faced by women, disabled women, and gender minorities. It employs critical feminist, disability, and queer theories to analyze how legal frameworks perpetuate oppression. By identifying patterns of exclusion and presenting global examples of progressive practices, the work aims to propose reforms that enhance legal capacity rights for marginalized groups, contributing to meaningful legal change.

This book is valuable to anyone interested in individual decision-making and the law, especially rights for people with cognitive disabilities. How they are granted rights under Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an important issue to scholars and students promoting disability rights. This authoritative work will be a welcome resource.