Law and disability in Canada
Subtitle: cases and materials
By: general editor and author Laverne Jacobs (Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law) ; authors, Ruby Dhand (Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law), David Ireland (Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law), Richard Jochelson (Professor, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law), Freya Kodar (Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Administration and Research, University of Victoria Faculty of Law), Odelia Bay (Ph.D. Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School) ; contributor, Brayden McDonald
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780433497127
Subjects: People with disabilities; Legal status, laws; Capacity and disability
Description: "This book is comprehensive overview of the law and disability issues. It examines definitional questions and fields of law as they relate to disability issues, including equality rights instruments, the history of disability rights litigation and contemporary access to justice issues. It also examines issues arising in the lived experience of persons with disabilities in the pursuit of various fundamental rights, as well to the roles and concerns of others involved in the experience and resolution of such issues."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.