Law, Rights and Disability

(Jessica Kingsley Publishers) A text assessing the relationship between rights and disability and the effects of law, legal process, and professional intervention in the lives of the disabled. Of interest to lawyers, health care professionals. and human rights activists, this volume stresses the role of the disabled person in strengthening individual rights. Softcover.

Acknowledgements

6

(1)

Preface

7

(4)

Jeremy Cooper

Working in Partnership with Disabled People: New Perspectives for Professionals Within the Social Model of Disability

11

(22)

Clare Picking

Changing Attitudes to the Rights of People with Disabilities in Europe

33

(26)

Lisa Waddington

Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through International Law

59

(22)

Jeremy Cooper

Improving the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities Through Domestic Law: A Global Overview

81

(28)

Jeremy Cooper

The Legal Regulation of the Powers and Duties of Local Authorities with regard to Disabled People

109

(30)

Belinda Schwehr

The Disability Discrimination Act: An Overview

139

(26)

Catherine Casserley

Disability, Housing and Homelessness

165

(28)

Mary Holmes

Disability and Mental Health Law

193

(24)

Kate Harrison

Disabled Children: (Still) Invisible Under the Law

217

(22)

Mairian Corker

John M Davis

Disabled Children and Social Care: Law and Practice

239

(28)

Suzy Braye

Clear Voices for Change: Messages from Disability Research for Law, Policy and Practice

267

(30)

Michael Preston-Shoot

The Contributors

297

(2)

Index

299

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