Disability Rights in Europe
From Theory to Practice
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2005
368 pages
978-1-84731-080-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is based on a conference organised jointly by the editors to mark the European Year of Disabled People. It explores the range of legal strategies which have been adopted,both nationally and internationally, to achieve equality for disabled people and facilitate their inclusion into mainstream society. It examines current developments in anti-discrimination law, both within Member States and at EU level. It also assesses the effectiveness and potential of the human rights framework for disabled Europeans. In addition, a number of approaches to the enforcement and promotion of disability rights are considered.
Contributors to this book, drawn from across Europe, represent a variety of different backgrounds. They include leading academics in the field, as well as campaigners and others working to improve or enforce disability-related legislation. The book is a unique and timely contribution to an important and rapidly expanding field of study. It will be of relevance to all those, whether lawyers or not, with an interest in disability and equality issues.
Contributors to this book, drawn from across Europe, represent a variety of different backgrounds. They include leading academics in the field, as well as campaigners and others working to improve or enforce disability-related legislation. The book is a unique and timely contribution to an important and rapidly expanding field of study. It will be of relevance to all those, whether lawyers or not, with an interest in disability and equality issues.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84731-080-4 (9781847310804)
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Persons
Anna Lawson is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and a member of the University's Centre for Disability Studies and the Law School's Human Rights Research Unit.
Caroline Gooding is the Special Adviser to the Disability Rights Commission.
Caroline Gooding is the Special Adviser to the Disability Rights Commission.
Content
Part 1: Preliminary
Foreword: B Massey; Chapter 1:A Lawson and C Gooding,Introduction
Part 2: Human Rights
Chapter 2:R Light, Disability and Human Rights: The Persistent Oxymoron; Chapter 3:L Clements and J Read, The Dog That Didn't Bark: The Issue of Access to Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by Disabled People; Chapter 4: O De Schutter, Reasonable Accommodations and Positive Obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights; Chapter 5: I Cram, Hate Speech and Disabled People: Some Comparative Constitutional Thoughts
Part 3: Anti-Discrimination Laws
Chapter 6: T Degener, Disability Discrimination Law: A Global Comparative Approach; Chapter 7: L Waddington, Implementing the Disability Provisions of the Framework Employment Directive: Room for Exercising National Discretion; Chapter 8: C Gooding and C Casserley, Open for All? Disability Discrimination Laws in Europe Relating to Goods and Services; Chapter 9:J Schoonheim and D Ruebain, Reflections on Inclusion and Accommodation in Childhood Education: From International Standard Setting to National Implementation
Part 4: Achieving Equality Through Law?
Chapter 10: A Hendriks, Promoting Disability Equality after the Treaty of Amsterdam: New Legal Directions and Practical Expansion Strategies; Chapter 11: S Fredman, Does Disability Equality Challenge the Existing Anti-Discrimination Paradigm?; Chapter 12: C O'Cinneide, A New Generation of Equality Legislation? Positive Duties and Disability Rights; Chapter 13: N O'Brien, The UK Disability Rights Commission and Strategic Law Enforcement: Transcending the Common Law Mind; Chapter 14: A Lawson, Mind the Gap! Normality, Difference and the Danger of Disablement Through Law
Foreword: B Massey; Chapter 1:A Lawson and C Gooding,Introduction
Part 2: Human Rights
Chapter 2:R Light, Disability and Human Rights: The Persistent Oxymoron; Chapter 3:L Clements and J Read, The Dog That Didn't Bark: The Issue of Access to Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by Disabled People; Chapter 4: O De Schutter, Reasonable Accommodations and Positive Obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights; Chapter 5: I Cram, Hate Speech and Disabled People: Some Comparative Constitutional Thoughts
Part 3: Anti-Discrimination Laws
Chapter 6: T Degener, Disability Discrimination Law: A Global Comparative Approach; Chapter 7: L Waddington, Implementing the Disability Provisions of the Framework Employment Directive: Room for Exercising National Discretion; Chapter 8: C Gooding and C Casserley, Open for All? Disability Discrimination Laws in Europe Relating to Goods and Services; Chapter 9:J Schoonheim and D Ruebain, Reflections on Inclusion and Accommodation in Childhood Education: From International Standard Setting to National Implementation
Part 4: Achieving Equality Through Law?
Chapter 10: A Hendriks, Promoting Disability Equality after the Treaty of Amsterdam: New Legal Directions and Practical Expansion Strategies; Chapter 11: S Fredman, Does Disability Equality Challenge the Existing Anti-Discrimination Paradigm?; Chapter 12: C O'Cinneide, A New Generation of Equality Legislation? Positive Duties and Disability Rights; Chapter 13: N O'Brien, The UK Disability Rights Commission and Strategic Law Enforcement: Transcending the Common Law Mind; Chapter 14: A Lawson, Mind the Gap! Normality, Difference and the Danger of Disablement Through Law
