The disability pendulum : the first decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act / Ruth Colker.

Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Con...

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Main Author: Colker, Ruth (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2005]
Series:Critical America.
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Summary:Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. She assesses the success and failure of the first ten years of litigation under the ADA, focusing on its three major titles: employment, public entities, and public accommodations. The Disability Pendulum argues that despite a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781429413954
1429413956
9780814790373
0814790372
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.