The current state of mental health law in England and Wales exhibits a set of systematic antinomies. This should not be seen as a flaw of the legislation; the antinomies in law reflect an underlying antinomial structure at work where the vocations of care are practiced and regulated in a broadly liberal legal environment.
The aim of this paper is to identify these antinomial structures and to deploy resources from the post-Kantian idealist tradition to diagnose them and to consider how they might be managed.
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(2011) Antinomies of Autonomy: German Idealism and English Mental Health Law. Internationales Jahrbuch des Deutschen Idealismus/International Yearbook of German Idealism, 9: 191-213.
