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Disability Rights Law and Policy: International and National Perspectives /

Disability Rights Law and Policy: International and National Perspectives / edited by Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Disability Anti-Discrimination Law-The State of the World -- Part II: Foundational Issues in the Use of Anti-Discrimination Law -- Part III: Focus on the Operation of Laws -- Part IV: Real Life-Needing, Getting and Living -- With Disability Anti-Discrimination Law -- Disability Rights Law and Policy -- Afterword -- Table of International Laws and Instruments -- About the Authors -- Table of Cases -- Index.

This volume describes the extraordinary success of the international political movement of people with disabilities to include disability as a human rights issue. The authors are renowned disability rights attorneys, university professors, and activists who practice, teach and work internationally. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

9789004478961 9781571052391

10.1163/9789004478961 DOI




Discrimination.
Human rights.
Invalidity.
Juridical aspects.
Legal status.
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.

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