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Disability rights in Europe : from theory to practice : [essays in European law] /

Contributor(s): Lawson, Anna | Gooding, Caroline.
Publisher: Oxford : Hart, 2005Description: xxv, 323 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1841134864; 9781841134864:; 9781841134864.Subject(s): Human rights -- Europe | People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- Europe | People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Europe | People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe | People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe -- CongressesDDC classification: 346.40138
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes appendices and index.

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.

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.

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