Disability rights in Europe
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: edited by Anna Lawson, Caroline Gooding.
Contributors: Lawson, Anna.; Gooding, Caroline, 1959-
Series: Essays in European law
Publisher: Hart Pub.; Hart Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe.; People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Europe.; People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Europe.; Human rights -- Europe.
Description: Based on a conference organised to mark the European Year of Disabled People, this book explores the range of legal strategies which have been adopted to achieve equality for disabled people and facilitate their inclusion into mainstream society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essays based on papers originally presented at a conference organized by the editors to mark the European Year of Disabled People, 2003.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Anna Lawson and Caroline Gooding; title: Disability and human rights : the persistent oxymoron / Richard Light; title: 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; title: Reasonable accommodations and positive obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights / Olivier de Schutter; title: Hate speech and disabled people : some comparative constitutional thoughts / Ian Cram; title: Disability discrimination law : a global comparative approach / Theresia Degener; title: Implementing the disability provisions of the framework employment directive : room for exercising national discretion / Lisa Waddington; title: Open for all? Disability discrimination laws in Europe relating to goods and services / Caroline Gooding and Catherine Casserley; title: Reflections on inclusion and accommodation in childhood education : from international standard setting to national implementation / Jacqueline Schoonheim and David Ruebain; title: Promoting disability equality after the Treaty of Amsterdam : new legal directions and practical expansion strategies / Aart Hendriks; title: Disability equality : a challenge to the existing anti-discrimination paradigm? / Sandra Friedman; title: A new generation of equality legislation? Positive duties and disability rights / Colm O'Cinneide; title: The GB Disability Rights Commission and strategic law enforcement : transcending the common law mind / Nick O'Brien; title: Mind the gap! Normality, difference and the danger of disablement through law / Anna Lawson.