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1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Disability rights as civil rights -- Disability rights and the workplace -- Disability rights and public entities -- Disability rights and public accommodations -- Disability rights and state sovereignty. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was intended to send a clear message to society that discrimination on the basis of disability is unacceptable. As with most civil rights laws, the courts were given primary responsibility for implementing disability rights policy. Mezey argues that the act has not fulfilled its potential primarily because of the judiciary's ""disabling interpretations"" in adjudicating ADA claims. In the decade of litigation following the enactment of the ADA, judicial interpretation of the law has largely constricted the parameters of disability rights and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 -- Cases.
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (United States) |
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Cases.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Americans with Disabilities Act in federal court |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mezey, Susan Gluck, 1944- Disabling interpretations. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005002228 (OCoLC)57531484 |
| ISBN |
9780822972792 electronic book |
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0822972794 electronic book |
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0822958791 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780822958796 paperback alkaline paper |
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