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
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.
...a quality collection of papers..The volume's strengths are the
diversity of disability rights advocates that it draws upon, and
the nice overview they provide on the topic…this is an informative
and worthwhile collection.
*NYU European Law Books Website also World Trade Review*
This book is an essential reference text for anyone interested in
European disability law – its past and its future.
*Common Market Law Review, Vol 44, No 2*
…a significant and original contribution to the existing
literature, and it will undoubtedly become an important work of
reference in this field…
*Industrial Law Journal, Volume 35/1*
This is a quality collection of papers…The volume's strengths are
the diversity of disability rights advocates that it draws upon,
and the nice overview they provide on the topic…this is an
informative and worthwhile collection.
*European Law Books*
...an interesting series of essays exploring the key concepts of
discrimination law...It is a stimulating and thought-provoking read
for anyone seeking to develop their understanding of disability
discrimination law.
*Discrimination Law Association Briefings, Vol 25*
...provides an interesting overview and starting point for
reflection and further investigation.
*SCOLAG Legal Journal*
…thought-provoking, eminently readable...provides an invaluable
resource for those involved in campaigning, researching and
teaching disability discrimination issues.
*The Cambrian Law Review, Vol 36*
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