Disability & the Law

Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the feebleminded, justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced ...

This Nutshell presents an overview of the major federal disability laws with emphasis on the statutes, regulations, and significant points of subst...

This casebook covers disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and special education under the Individuals with Disabilit...

Discrimination is still not sufficiently addressed within liberal democracies. Often only some groups are protected against discrimination and mere...

Law and Neurodiversity offers invaluable guidance on how autism research can inform and improve juvenile justice policies in Canada and the United ...

This collection of original essays, from both established scholars and newcomers, takes up a recent debate in philosophy, sociology, and disability...

In this first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, Broderick and Ferri analyse the interaction between different legal...

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities promotes ability equality, but this is not experienced in national laws. Australia, Ca...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the roots of institutionalization, deinstitutionalization legislation and policies of the twentieth ...

The French version of this book was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix de la Protection Sociale. Over the years many disability-related rights hav...

This book evaluates the national implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in ASEAN. Workin...

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law....

This comprehensive ground-breaking southern African-centred collection spans the breadth of disability research and practice. Reputable and emergin...

Voting is fundamental to our democracy and federal law generally requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters, including those w...