Law, rights, and disability

Law, rights, and disability / edited by Jeremy Cooper.

This comprehensive volume assesses the relationship between legal rights and disability and the effect of law, legal process and third party professional intervention on the lives of people with disabilities. Stressing the crucial role played by disabled people themselves in fulfilling the promise o...

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Other Authors: Cooper, Jeremy, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Discrimination against people with disabilities > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Public Health & Safety Law.
Social Welfare & Social Services.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Discrimination against people with disabilities > Law and legislation
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER
  • Law, Rights and Disability
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER ONE Working in Partnership with Disabled People: New Perspectives for Professionals Within the Social Model of Disability
  • CHAPTER TWO Changing Attitudes to the Rights of People with Disabilities in Europe
  • CHAPTER THREE Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through International Law
  • CHAPTER FOUR Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through Domestic Law: A Global Overview
  • CHAPTER FIVE The Legal Regulation of the Powers and Duties of Local Authorities with regard to Disabled People
  • CHAPTER SIX The Disability Discrimination Act: An Overview
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Disability, Housing and Homelessness
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Disability and Mental Health Law
  • CHAPTER NINE Disabled Children: (Still) Invisible Under the Law
  • CHAPTER TEN Disabled Children and Social Care: Law and Practice
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Clear Voices for Change: Messages from Disability Research for Law, Policy and Practice
  • The Contributors
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index.

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