The Disability Discrimination Act

This volume describes the extraordinary success of the international political movement of people with disabilities to include disability as a human rights issue. The authors are renowned disability rights attorneys, university professors, and activists who practice, teach and work internationally. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

This Ability provides an analysis of the issues relating to inequality for those with disabilities at both the national and international level. The work examines the primary role of legislation and its effect on court process, looking at the impact of NAFTA and the EU in an historical and compelling analysis of discrimination.

This book examines the changing relationship between disability and the law, addressing the intersection of human rights principles, human rights law, domestic law and the experience of people with disabilities. Drawn from the global experience of scholars and activists in a number of jurisdictions and legal systems, the core human rights principles of dignity, equality and inclusion and participation are analyzed within a framework of critical disability legal scholarship.

Providing an exposition of recent legislation, this book discusses the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and all related statutory instruments and codes of practice. It also offers expert guidance on the practical issues which arise when advising disabled clients. Each key area is considered, including discrimination in relation to employment, goods and services, premises and transport. Additionally, the far-reaching implications of the legislation in these areas are discussed from the point of view of both the person subject to discrimination and that of the public bodies and commercial or other concerns that need to comply with, or resist claims under, the Act.

Examining the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 systematically, Andrew Hogan considers the effect of case law to provide a practical analysis of where the act is working and where it is not.

A new edition, this work provides a comprehensive analysis of the relevant law and procedure surrounding the Disability Discrimination Act and disability discrimination litigation.