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This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals:
Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the
Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of
Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under
Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined
with responses from scholars, activists and practitioners,
addressing four key areas: criminal responsibility, contracts,
consent to sex, and consent to medical treatment. Sustainable law
and policy reforms are set out based on the storytellers'
experiences, promoting a recognition of legal capacity and
supported decision-making. The perspectives are from across a wide
range of disciplines (including law, sociology, nursing, and
history) and 13 countries. The volume is a valuable resource for
researchers, academics and legislators, judges or policy makers in
the area of legal capacity and disability. It is envisaged that the
book will be particularly useful for those engaged in legal
capacity law reform processes worldwide and that this grounded work
will be of great interest to legislators and policy makers who must
frame new laws on supported decision making in compliance with the
UNCRPD.
This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative
state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and
policy on disability law. Bringing together a team of respected and
experienced experts, the handbook offers a range of jurisdictional
and multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors consider historical
and contemporary, as well as comparative perspectives of disability
law. Divided into three parts, the contributors provide a
comprehensive reference to the theoretical underpinnings, ongoing
debates and emerging fields within the subject. The study provides
a strong basis for consideration of contemporary disability law,
its research foundations, and progressive developments in the area.
The book incorporates interdisciplinary and comparative country
perspectives to capture the breadth of current discourse on
disability law. This handbook provides a valuable resource for a
wide range of scholars, public and private researchers, NGOs, and
practitioners working in the area of disability law, and across
national and transnational disability schemes. The work will be of
important interest to those in the fields of sociology, history,
psychology, economics, political science, rehabilitation sciences,
medicine, technology, and law, among others.
This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative
state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and
policy on disability law. Bringing together a team of respected and
experienced experts, the handbook offers a range of jurisdictional
and multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors consider historical
and contemporary, as well as comparative perspectives of disability
law. Divided into three parts, the contributors provide a
comprehensive reference to the theoretical underpinnings, ongoing
debates and emerging fields within the subject. The study provides
a strong basis for consideration of contemporary disability law,
its research foundations, and progressive developments in the area.
The book incorporates interdisciplinary and comparative country
perspectives to capture the breadth of current discourse on
disability law. This handbook provides a valuable resource for a
wide range of scholars, public and private researchers, NGOs, and
practitioners working in the area of disability law, and across
national and transnational disability schemes. The work will be of
important interest to those in the fields of sociology, history,
psychology, economics, political science, rehabilitation sciences,
medicine, technology, and law, among others.
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals:
Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the
Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of
Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under
Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined
with responses from scholars, activists and practitioners,
addressing four key areas: criminal responsibility, contracts,
consent to sex, and consent to medical treatment. Sustainable law
and policy reforms are set out based on the storytellers'
experiences, promoting a recognition of legal capacity and
supported decision-making. The perspectives are from across a wide
range of disciplines (including law, sociology, nursing, and
history) and 13 countries. The volume is a valuable resource for
researchers, academics and legislators, judges or policy makers in
the area of legal capacity and disability. It is envisaged that the
book will be particularly useful for those engaged in legal
capacity law reform processes worldwide and that this grounded work
will be of great interest to legislators and policy makers who must
frame new laws on supported decision making in compliance with the
UNCRPD.
Disability offers a new lens through which to view the
effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the
justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of
people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from
making a complaint, to investigation, and through the
court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of
people with disabilities in a variety of roles in the justice
system - as witness, defendant, complainant, plaintiff, lawyer,
judge and juror. More broadly, it also critically examines the
subtle barriers of access to justice which might exist in a given
society - including barriers to grassroots disability advocacy,
legal education and training, the right to vote and the right to
stand for election which may apply to people with disabilities. The
book is international and comparative in scope with a focus
primarily on examples of legal practice and justice systems in
common law countries. The work will be of interest to scholars
working in the areas of human rights, equality and
non-discrimination, disability rights activists and legal
professionals who work with people with disabilities to achieve
access to justice.
Disability offers a new lens through which to view the
effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the
justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of
people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from
making a complaint, to investigation, and through the
court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of
people with disabilities in a variety of roles in the justice
system - as witness, defendant, complainant, plaintiff, lawyer,
judge and juror. More broadly, it also critically examines the
subtle barriers of access to justice which might exist in a given
society - including barriers to grassroots disability advocacy,
legal education and training, the right to vote and the right to
stand for election which may apply to people with disabilities. The
book is international and comparative in scope with a focus
primarily on examples of legal practice and justice systems in
common law countries. The work will be of interest to scholars
working in the areas of human rights, equality and
non-discrimination, disability rights activists and legal
professionals who work with people with disabilities to achieve
access to justice.
The European Yearbook of Disability Law is part of the ongoing
research programme of the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights of
Maastricht University and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy
of the National University of Ireland Galway. The European Yearbook
of Disability Law reviews the significant developments at European
level regarding disability law and policy. The Yearbook contains a
series of articles on current challenges and developments from
senior analysts and academics working in the field. It aims to
provide critical insight in the evolution of European disability
law and policy and offers analyses of pressing challenges in a
broad range of fields. The core of the Yearbook consists of a
review of the preceding year's significant events, as well as
policy and legal developments within the institutions of the
European Union. It reviews major EU policy developments, studies
and other publications, legislative proposals, and case law from
the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court
of Human Rights.
This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and
monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It
comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international,
regional, and comparative country levels and that highlights
critical success factors in implementing disability strategies or
action plans worldwide. It explores emerging synergies between what
is required to implement principles of international law contained
in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and
what it is possible to achieve through national policy and systems
development. A number of critical success factors for implementing
and monitoring strategies are identified, including leadership from
government and civil society, participation of disabled people in
implementation and monitoring, transparency and accountability in
reporting on progress, independent monitoring and external review,
and the ability to measure progress with indicators of disability
equality.
This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and
monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It
comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international,
regional, and comparative country levels and that highlights
critical success factors in implementing disability strategies or
action plans worldwide. It explores emerging synergies between what
is required to implement principles of international law contained
in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and
what it is possible to achieve through national policy and systems
development. A number of critical success factors for implementing
and monitoring strategies are identified, including leadership from
government and civil society, participation of disabled people in
implementation and monitoring, transparency and accountability in
reporting on progress, independent monitoring and external review,
and the ability to measure progress with indicators of disability
equality.
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