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Disability and the law / Jeremy Cooper and Stuart Vernon.

By: Cooper, Jeremy, 1950-.
Contributor(s): Vernon, Stuart.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1996Description: 324 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853023183.Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain | Mental health laws -- Great Britain | Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- Great BritainDDC classification: 342.41087
Contents:
Disability and disability law -- Enforcing civil rights for people with disabilities: the framework of international law -- Civil rights for people with disabilities: reform through domestic law -- Enforcing disability rights: the statutory framework -- Employment, housing, goods and services -- Disability and social security system -- Mental health and disability -- Mental incapacity and learning disability -- Children with disability -- An overview of organisations, pressure groups and charities working strategically on behalf of the disabled.

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An exploration of the consequences of physical or mental disability in a legal framework focusing on Great Britain but with broad international comparisons. Lawyers Cooper and Vernon explain the legal definitions of disability, rights and entitlements to housing, employment, goods, services and social security, the implications of The Children Act 1989 for disabled children in Britain, and compare legislation across many countries including the US. The volume contains a list of advocacy organizations and charitable organizations, as well as an appendix reprinting The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.

Disability and disability law -- Enforcing civil rights for people with disabilities: the framework of international law -- Civil rights for people with disabilities: reform through domestic law -- Enforcing disability rights: the statutory framework -- Employment, housing, goods and services -- Disability and social security system -- Mental health and disability -- Mental incapacity and learning disability -- Children with disability -- An overview of organisations, pressure groups and charities working strategically on behalf of the disabled.