WHERE DID IT START FROM? AND WHERE DID IT END UP? EQUAL RECOGNITION BEFORE THE LAW OF PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
WHERE DID IT START FROM? AND WHERE DID IT END UP? EQUAL RECOGNITION BEFORE THE LAW OF PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to highlight the legislative evolution in the field of equal protection and recognition before the law of persons with disabilities. Historically, in legal systems worldwide, people with disabilities stand out among all the groups that have been arbitrarily and prejudicially denied the right to full legal capacity. Not all forms of disability cause changes in legal capacity, but only psychosocial and intellectual disabilities. The legislative reconfiguration of civil law mechanisms for the protection of vulnerable persons was a necessary measure to align national regulations with international standards in this field.

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