Hi all.
Melinda Jones and I are pleased to announce that our book "Disability,
Divers-ability and Legal Change" has recently been published by Kluwer
International Law Publishers. A number of the members of this list have
contributed essays to this interdisciplinary collection. The book can be
obtained direct from Kluwer [http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/90-411-1086-0] or
through Amazon.com
To quote from the publicity blurb
"This book ventures into the uncharted terrain where law and disability
intersect. Drawing on developments in the emerging field of disability
studies and on a new-found human rights perspective on disability, the
contributions
traverse topics as wide-ranging as citizenship, feminism, eugenics,
euthanasia, and sexual abuse of people with disabilities, and analyze
disability law at both a domestic and international level. Informed by the
social model of disability, this work brings together academics and
disability activists from Australia, Europe and North America. The book is
interdisciplinary in nature, with contributors coming from sociology,
education, law, geography, philosophy, and cultural studies."
Contents and Contributors
Acknowledgments. Preface. Foreword. About the Authors. Part 1: Life:The
Social Recognition & Definition of Disability.
1. Law and the Social Construction of Disability; M. Jones, L.A. Basser
Marks.
2. What Is a Disabled Person? T. Shakespeare.
3. The Rule of Normalcy: Politics and Disability in the United States of
Ability; Lennard Davis.
4. Reflections on a Journey: Geographical Perspectives on Disability; R. G.
Smith.
5. Riding with the Man on the Escalator: Citizenship and Disability; Lynne
Davis.
6. Double Consciousness, Triple Difference: Disability, Race, Gender and
the Politics of Recognition; A. Silvers. 7. Minority Rights or Universal
Participation:The Politics of Disablement; J. Bickenbach.
Part 2: Law: Legal Responses; Legislation, Constitutional Issues.
8. The Standard Rules: A Weak Instrument and a Strong Commitment; D.
Michailakis.
9. The Office of the Disability Ombudsman in Sweden; I. Claesson Wastberg.
10. The European Community's Response to Disability; L. Waddington.
11. From Social (In)Security to Equal Employment Opportunity – A Report
from the Netherlands; A. Hendriks. 12. The Canadian Framework for
Disability Equality Rights; M. Rioux, C. Frazee.
13. Disability, Rights and Law in Australia; M. Jones, L.A. Basser Marks.
14. From Welfare to Rights?: Disability and Legal Change in the United
Kingdom in the Late 1990's; B. Doyle.
15. Toward Equality: The ADA's Accommodation of Differences; A. Kanter.
Part 3: Life in Law: Specific Application of Law and Disability.
16. From Healthism to Social Well-Being: Health-Related Human Rights of
People with Disabilities; K. Tomasevski.
17. Bioethics, Disability and Death: Uncovering Cultural Bias in the
Euthanasia Debate; J. Fitzgerald.
18. Peeking through the Eyes of the Body: Regulating the Bodies of Women
with Disabilities; I. Karpin.
19. A Long Road to Justice: Serial Abuse of People with Disabilities; L.
Chenoweth.
20. People with an Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System;
L. Byrnes.
21. Struggling with the Fabric of Disablement: Picking
up the Threads of the Law and Education; S. Cook, R. Slee.
22.Advocacy; R. Banks.
References.
Lee Ann
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Lee Ann Marks
School of Law and Legal Studies
La Trobe University
Bundoora. Victoria 3083
Australia
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Phone: +613 9479 1245
Fax: +613 9479 1607
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