A Handbook On The Legal Rights Of Handicapped People

Author : Peter Blanck,Eilionóir Flynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317043683

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Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights by Peter Blanck,Eilionóir Flynn Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law. Bringing together a team of respected and experienced experts, the handbook offers a range of jurisdictional and multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors consider historical and contemporary, as well as comparative perspectives of disability law. Divided into three parts, the contributors provide a comprehensive reference to the theoretical underpinnings, ongoing debates and emerging fields within the subject. The study provides a strong basis for consideration of contemporary disability law, its research foundations, and progressive developments in the area. The book incorporates interdisciplinary and comparative country perspectives to capture the breadth of current discourse on disability law. This handbook provides a valuable resource for a wide range of scholars, public and private researchers, NGOs, and practitioners working in the area of disability law, and across national and transnational disability schemes. The work will be of important interest to those in the fields of sociology, history, psychology, economics, political science, rehabilitation sciences, medicine, technology, and law, among others.

Author : Marcia H. Rioux,Lee Ann Basser Marks,Lee Ann Basser,Melinda Jones
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004189508

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Critical Perspectives on Human Rights and Disability Law by Marcia H. Rioux,Lee Ann Basser Marks,Lee Ann Basser,Melinda Jones Pdf

This book examines the changing relationship between disability and the law, addressing the intersection of human rights principles, human rights law, domestic law and the experience of people with disabilities. Drawn from the global experience of scholars and activists in a number of jurisdictions and legal systems, the core human rights principles of dignity, equality and inclusion and participation are analyzed within a framework of critical disability legal scholarship.

Author : Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.)
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9783038972501

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Disability Human Rights Law 2018 by Anna Arstein-Kerslake (Ed.) Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Disability Human Rights Law" that was published in Laws

Author : United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,Diana Elmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Government publications
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043722060

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A Handbook on the Legal Rights of Handicapped People by United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,Diana Elmes Pdf

Summary of Federal, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia laws, designed to aid handicapped citizens of the Washington metroplitan area.

Author : Gerald B. Robertson
Publisher : Thomson Carswell
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Insanity
ISBN : 0459306715

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Mental Disability and the Law in Canada by Gerald B. Robertson Pdf

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Author : Luke Clements,Janet Read
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134134434

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Disabled People and the Right to Life by Luke Clements,Janet Read Pdf

The most basic of human rights, the right to life, is the focus of this book. 'Human rights' has increasingly come to be seen as a significant framework, both to aid understanding of the experiences of those who face oppression, and to underpin social, legal and political measures to counter it. Disabled People and the Right to Life uses this framework to explore how disabled people’s right to life is understood in different national contexts and the ways in which they are – or are not – afforded protection under the law, emphasizing the social, cultural and historical forces and circumstances which have promoted disabled people’s right to life or legitimated its violation. Written by an international panel of contributors including individuals holding public office, academics from the fields of law, social policy, disability studies and bioethics as well as practitioners and activists attempting to further disabled people’s human rights, this truly interdisciplinary book will be of interest to students and researchers of disability, law, social policy and human rights.

Author : Delia Ferri,Andrea Broderick
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788976428

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Research Handbook on EU Disability Law by Delia Ferri,Andrea Broderick Pdf

This Research Handbook comes at an opportune time, and provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging exploration of relevant developments concerning disability rights at EU level. It also looks beyond the EU, focusing on how disability has been relevant in EU external relations. In addition, the Research Handbook considers the interface between EU disability law and Council of Europe law.

Author : Arlene S. Kanter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134444663

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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law by Arlene S. Kanter Pdf

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality, dignity, autonomy, full participation, as well as the right to live in the community, and the right to supported decision-making and inclusive education. Prior to the CRPD, international law had provided only limited protections to people with disabilities. This book analyses the development of disability rights as an international human rights movement. Focusing on the United States and countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East the book examines the status of people with disabilities under international law prior to the adoption of the CPRD, and follows the development of human rights protections through the convention’s drafting process. Arlene Kanter argues that by including both new applications and entirely new approaches to human rights treaty enforcement, the CRPD is significant not only to people with disabilities but also to the general development of international human rights, by offering new human rights protections for all people. Taking a comparative perspective, the book explores how the success of the CRPD in achieving protections depends on the extent to which individual countries enforce domestic laws and policies, and the changing public attitudes towards people with disabilities. This book will be of excellent use and interest to researchers and students of human rights law, discrimination, and disability studies.

Author : Christopher A. Riddle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137599933

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Human Rights, Disability, and Capabilities by Christopher A. Riddle Pdf

This book presents the argument that health has special moral importance because of the disadvantage one suffers when subjected to impairment or disabling barriers. Christopher A. Riddle asserts that ill health and the presence of disabling barriers are human rights issues and that we require a foundational conception of justice in order to promote the rights of people with disabilities. The claim that disability is a human rights issue is defended on the grounds that people with disabilities experience violations to their dignity, equality, and autonomy. Because human rights exist as a subset of other justice-based rights, Riddle contends that we must support a foundation of justice compatible with endorsing these three principles (equality, dignity, and autonomy). This volume argues that the “capabilities approach” is the best currency of justice for removing the disabling barriers that consistently violate approximately one billion people’s human rights.

Author : Luke J. Clements,Janet Read,Steve Broach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 190840700X

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Disabled Children by Luke J. Clements,Janet Read,Steve Broach Pdf

Author : United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000066328653

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A handbook on the legal rights of handicapped people by United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped Pdf

Author : Valentina Della Fina,Rachele Cera,Giuseppe Palmisano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319437903

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Valentina Della Fina,Rachele Cera,Giuseppe Palmisano Pdf

This Commentary provides the first comprehensive legal article-by-article analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention is the key international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the centerpiece of international efforts to address inequalities and barriers they encounter to the full enjoyment of human rights. The book discusses the Convention’s position within existing international human rights law and within the framework of the United Nations measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Starting with the background of all the Convention’s articles, including the travaux préparatoires, this Commentary examines each provision’s substance and interpretation, and explores the significance of each right, its legal scope and relationship with other international legal norms and principles. A unique contribution also analyzes the Optional Protocol to the Convention. In addition to enriching academic studies of international human rights law, the book provides insights into the practical operation of the Convention’s provisions by assessing the practice of the CRPD Committee, the activities of relevant international and regional human rights bodies in enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and the contracting parties’ implementation practices. Relevant European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and, if appropriate, other regional jurisdictions’ case law, as well as the jurisprudence of domestic courts, are taken into consideration. Contributions from leading scholars and international experts make this book an indispensable resource for lawyers, academics, students, journalists, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders wanting to better understand the rights of people with disabilities. Furthermore, it makes a valuable contribution to appraising the impact of the Convention in the legal orders of contracting parties and to charting the way forward in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Author : Natalie Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 192515405X

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Disability Rights in Real Life by Natalie Wade Pdf

Disability Rights in Real Life is the mantra by which disability rights activist Natalie Wade pursues her life and career as a lawyer.Thanks to funding from the Law Society of South Australia Natalie Wade, and her collaborator Anna Bulman (who edited and illustrated the work), have rewritten what was the out-of-print, disability rights handbook Justice for All.This handbook is packed with important legal concepts that Natalie and Anna hope will help you protect and promote your disability rights in Australia."Justice for all cannot be achieved without the recognition that impairment can no longer be the basis for denying the rights of people with disability. It is only this social transformation that will achieve equality."Rosemary Kayess, Chair UN Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Sydney NSW

Author : Eilionóir Flynn
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781472418616

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Disabled Justice? by Eilionóir Flynn Pdf

Disability offers a new lens through which to view the effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from making a complaint, to investigation, and through the court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of people with disabilities in a variety of roles in the justice system - as witness, defendant, complainant, plaintiff, lawyer, judge and juror. More broadly, it also critically examines the subtle barriers of access to justice which might exist in a given society - including barriers to grassroots disability advocacy, legal education and training, the right to vote and the right to stand for election which may apply to people with disabilities. The book is international and comparative in scope with a focus primarily on examples of legal practice and justice systems in common law countries. The work will be of interest to scholars working in the areas of human rights, equality and non-discrimination, disability rights activists and legal professionals who work with people with disabilities to achieve access to justice.

Author : Stephen J. Meyers,Megan McCloskey,Gabor Petri
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000959734

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The Routledge International Handbook of Disability Human Rights Hierarchies by Stephen J. Meyers,Megan McCloskey,Gabor Petri Pdf

Disability is defined by hierarchy. Regardless of culture or context, persons with disabilities are almost always pushed to the bottom of the social hierarchy. With the advent of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), disability human rights seemingly provided a path forward for tearing down ableist social hierarchies and ensuring that all persons with disabilities everywhere were treated equally. Despite important progress, the disability human rights project not only remains incomplete, but has often created new hierarchies among persons with disabilities themselves or across the human rights it promotes. Certain groups of persons with disabilities have gained new voices while others remain silenced and certain rights are prioritized over others depending on what states, international organizations, or advocates want rather than what those on the ground need most. This volume was inspired both by the continued need to expose human rights violations against persons with disabilities, but to also explore the nuanced role that hierarchies play in the spread, implementation, and protection of disability human rights. The enjoyment of human rights is not equal nor is the recognition of specific individuals and groups’ rights. In order to change this situation, inequalities across the disability human rights movement must be explored. Divided into five parts: Who counts as disabled? Political, social, and cultural context Which rights on top, whose rights on bottom? Pushed to the periphery in the disability rights movement Representations of disability and comprised of 34 newly-written chapters including case-studies from the Anglophone Caribbean, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Ghana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Israel, Kenya, Latin America, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Serbia and South Africa, and other countries, this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, human rights law and social policy.