| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-222) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The projects of the American disability rights movement -- Defining disability -- The role of accommodation in disability discrimination law -- Disability and safety risks -- Disability, life, death, and choice -- The limits of the antidiscrimination model -- Future directions in disability law. |
| Summary |
The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was hailed as revolutionary legislation, but in the ensuing years restrictive Supreme Court decisions have prompted accusations that the Court has betrayed the disability rights movement. Here, the author examines the history of the movement. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation. |
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Spine Title |
Law & the contradictions of the disability rights movement |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bagenstos, Samuel R. Law and the contradictions of the disability rights movement. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300124491 (DLC) 2008046981 (OCoLC)262432366 |
| ISBN |
9780300155433 (electronic book) |
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0300155433 (electronic book) |
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9780300124491 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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030012449X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1282353047 |
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9781282353046 |
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