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Luke Clements, "Community Care: Towards a Workable Statute", in "Social Work Law: an Interface for Policy and Practice Development", Liverpool Law Review XIX/2 (1997), 181-191: The article analyses the need for the reform of Community Care Law and concludes that simple codification is not possible. It explores the constraints which limit the possibility of an over-arching substitute statute (like the analogous Children Act 1989). The author concludes that the reforming Act will need avoid resource questions (charging for services and how substantial a service will be) and concentrate upon the issue of legal entitlement to services and 'due process' in how such decisions are reached. The article proposes that a reformed statute should be based upon a core of agreed principles (the promotion of independence, minimum restriction of individual liberty etc). The remaining key sections of the reform statute are then considered. e-mail: luke@clements.kc3ltd.co.uk

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