AIDS: A Guide to the Law

A second, thoroughly revised and updated edition of the first ever guide to the legal aspects of AIDS. Written by experienced legal professionals, many of whom are advisers, or have advised, at the Terrence Higgins Trust in London. AIDS: A Guide to the Law provides clear, straightforward guidance through areas of the law affected by AIDS. Some of the most controversial and challenging topics are addressed including: Insurance, Housing, Employment, Children and young people, Immigration, Criminal Law The second edition accounts for legal changes, practices and experience from 1988 to August 1994, including two new chapters on children and young people and criminal law. Concise and accessible, AIDS: A Guide to the Law will be indispensible to health and social workers, counsellors, lawyers, welfare agency advisors and indeed anyone who needs a legal rights guide to AIDS.

Introduction Dai Harris 1. Children, Young People and HIV Infection Simmy Viinikka 2. The Criminal Law and HIV Infection Angus Hamilton 3. HIV and Employment Bernard Richmond 4. Housing Law and People with HIV Infection Ginny O'Brien, Jane Carter and David Ward 5. AIDS and Immigration Wesley Gryk 6. AIDS and Insurance eter Roth and Wesley Gryk 7. Medico-Legal Aspects of HIV Infection and Disease C.A.M.E d'Aca and Timothy Costello 8.HIV, Prisons and Prisoners' Rights Una Padel 9. Legal Structures and Responsibilities of Voluntary Organisations Timothy Costello 10. Powers of Attorney, Wills and Probate Nigel Clarke