Hunger Strikes and the State's Right to "Force Feed": Recent Australian Experience

Hunger Strikes and the State's Right to "Force Feed": Recent Australian Experience

Whether or not it is the nature of the protest itself which makes it unsuitable for resolution in a court-room situation, the case law relating to "hunger strikes" (and State's response) is both sparse and insignificant. Perhaps on the basis of its uniqueness alone, the case of Schnei...

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Main Author: FINDLAY, Mark
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1984
Subjects:
Prisons
Common law
Prisoners
Plaintiffs
Defendants
Suicide
Hunger
Legal duty
Food
Medical treatment
Australia
Australian Studies
Criminal Procedure
Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2061
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4013/viewcontent/HungerStrikesRightForceFeed_19IrishJurist.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Whether or not it is the nature of the protest itself which makes it unsuitable for resolution in a court-room situation, the case law relating to "hunger strikes" (and State's response) is both sparse and insignificant. Perhaps on the basis of its uniqueness alone, the case of Schneidas v. Corrective Services Commission(New South Wales) and Others should be of particular interest to jurists on both sides of the Irish border.

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