Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Is A ‘Cultural Failure’

Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute, was interviewed by PBS, The Washington Post, Boston Public Radio, and Time Magazine article “How Britney Spears’ Case Could Change the Future of Conservatorship.” Martinis, an expert on conservatorships and their alternatives, referred to Britney’s conservatorship saying,  “It’s a cultural failure.” Martinis noted that ‘the idea of guardianship for people with disabilities goes back as far as the first codified laws in ancient Rome, and it’s been a fixture of western legal systems since then.’