Disability rights in Europe from theory to practice / edited by Anna Lawson, Caroline Gooding.

Other author Lawson, Anna.
Other author Gooding, Caroline, 1959-2014.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub.,
Descriptionxxxv, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesEssays in European law
Contents Introduction / Anna Lawson and Caroline Gooding -- Disability and human rights : the persistent oxymoron / Richard Light -- The dog that didn't bark : the issue of access to rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by disabled people / Luke Clements and Janet Read -- Reasonable accommodations and positive obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights / Olivier de Schutter -- Hate speech and disabled people : some comparative constitutional thoughts / Ian Cram -- Disability discrimination law : a global comparative approach / Theresia Degener -- Implementing the disability provisions of the framework employment directive : room for exercising national discretion / Lisa Waddington --
Contents Open for all? Disability discrimination laws in Europe relating to goods and services / Caroline Gooding and Catherine Casserley -- Reflections on inclusion and accommodation in childhood education : from international standard setting to national implementation / Jacqueline Schoonheim and David Ruebain -- Promoting disability equality after the Treaty of Amsterdam : new legal directions and practical expansion strategies / Aart Hendriks -- Disability equality : a challenge to the existing anti-discrimination paradigm? / Sandra Friedman -- A new generation of equality legislation? Positive duties and disability rights / Colm O'Cinneide -- The GB Disability Rights Commission and strategic law enforcement : transcending the common law mind / Nick O'Brien -- Mind the gap! Normality, difference and the danger of disablement through law / Anna Lawson.
General noteEssays based on papers originally presented at a conference organized by the editors to mark the European Year of Disabled People, 2003.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2005283396
ISBN1841134864 (pbk.)

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