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Americans with Disabilities

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ISBN-10: 0415923689

ISBN-13: 9780415923682

Edition: 2001

Authors: Leslie Francis, Anita Silvers

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In this work, philosophers, legal theorists, bioethicists and policy makers offer an incisive look into the philosophical and moral foundations of US disability law and policy and the controversial Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Achieving the Right to Live in the World
Americans with Disabilities and the Civil Rights Tradition Leslie Francis and Anita Silvers
Foundations: Justice Goodness, and Disability Rights Introduction Positively Disabled
The Relationship between the Definition of Disability and Rights under the ADA
Parmet Disability, Discrimination and Priority
Justice for People with Disabilities: The Semiconsequentialist Approach
The Good of Agency
At Home with My Daughter
The Need for a Standard of Care
Definitions
Who is Disabled? Who is Protected? Introduction Does Disability Status Matter?
Biological Normality and the ADA Ronald Amundsun Impairment and Embodiment
The Supreme Court's Near-Sighted View of the ADA
The Unprotected Constructing Disability in the Context of Anti-Discrimination Law
Stigma without Impairment Demedicalizing Disability Discrimination
Practical Applications
Work Health, Congress, and the Courts Introduction
Work Disability and the Definition of Work Iris
Marion Young Disability and the Right to Work
Market Failure and the ADA Title I
Studying Disability, Employment Policy and the ADA
Health Health Care Resource
Prioritization and Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
Utility, Equality and Health Care Needs of Persons with Disabilities
Interpreting the ADA's Requirement of Reasonable Accommodations David Orentlicher Illness and Disablement Joel Feinberg Mental Disabilities, Equal Opportunity and the ADA Norman Daniels
Congress and the Courts Disputing the Doctrine of Benign Neglect
A Challenge to the Disparate Treatment of Americans with Disabilities Harlan Hahn Making Change
The ADA as an Instrument of Social Reform Richard K. Scotch Ten Years Later
The ADA and the Future of Disability Policy Andrew Batavia ADA Title III
A Fragile Compromise Ruth Colker Courts and Wrongful Birth
Can Disability Itself Be Viewed as a Legal Wrong? Lori B. Andrews and Michelle Hibbert Go to the Margins of the Class
Hate Crimes and Disability Lennard J Davis
Viewing US Law from Elsewhere
Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia Introduction
The ADA v. the Canadian Charter of Rights
Disability Rights and the Social Model of Disability
The UK Disability Discrimination Act
Disabling Language, Justifying Inequitable Social Participation
A Bright New Era of Equality, Independence and Freedom
Casting an Australian Gaze on the ADA Melinda Jones and Lee Ann Basser Marks
Appendix
Contributors
Index