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  • The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot

    by Agatha Christie ...
    This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Genetic Discrimination

    Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response

    Edited by Gerard Quinn, Aisling de Paor, Peter Blanck ...
    As genetic technologies advance, genetic testing may well offer the prospect of detecting the onset of future disabilities. Some research also forwards that certain behavioural profiles may have a strong genetic basis, such as the determination to succeed, or the propensity for risk-taking. As this technology becomes more prevalent, there is a danger that genetic information may be misused by ... Read more

    66,96 €

  • Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts

    A Modern Look

    by Rebecca C. Morgan Morgan, Robert B. Fleming Jr., Bryn Poland ...
    Written by Clifton B. Kruse, Jr., a well-known expert in the fields of estate planning and elder law, this updated edition of Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts explains the effect that governmental legislation has had on trust law and guides you through the maze of federal laws that affect planning for the elderly and disabled. Focusing on the effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of ... Read more

    89,98 €

  • Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Achieving Inclusivity for the World’s Largest Minority Group

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    In Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, renowned legal scholar Alan S. Gutterman offers a profound and comprehensive exploration of one of the most urgent and often overlooked dimensions of global human rights. This essential volume traces the evolution of the disability rights movement, critically examines the international legal frameworks that underpin protections for disabled persons, ... Read more

    5,49 €

  • Kith and Kin and the Lived Experience of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

    by Anne-Marie Callus ...
    This book considers the ways in which the lives of persons with intellectual disability are closely interconnected with those of the persons around them. The ways in which these interconnections work and the effects they have are examined by taking a very close look at specific instances in the lives of persons with intellectual disability, taken from published research and other sources and ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Betreuungsrecht

    Edited by Hoffmann ...
    Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) Einführungsgesetz zum Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (GVG) Gesetz über die Vergütung von Vormündern und Betreuern (Vormünder- und Betreuervergütungsgesetz - VBVG) Gesetz über die Wahrnehmung behördlicher Aufgaben bei der Betreuung Volljähriger (Betreuungsbehördengesetz - BtBG) Gesetz über Finanzhilfen ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Restricted Access

    Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation

    by Elizabeth Ellcessor ...
    Series Book 6 - Postmillennial Pop
    How reconsidering digital media and participatory cultures from the standpoint of disability allows for a full understanding of accessibility.While digital media can offer many opportunities for civic and cultural participation, this technology is not equally easy for everyone to use. Hardware, software, and cultural expectations combine to make some technologies an easier fit for some bodies than ... Read more

    20,87 €

  • Explaining The ADA

    by Tony K Boatright ...
    The Americans with Disabilities Act is a fundamental civil rights law.This book looks at the law from two perspectives: Rights and Responsibilities.The rights grant protections and puts the United States on a path towards accessibility. The overview presented here shows who is covered and what basic rights they receive.The overall responsibilities of businesses are covered in the second half. A ... Read more

    Free

  • Les Processus discriminatoires des politiques du handicap

    by Patrick Legros ...
    La loi du 11 février 2005 pour « l’égalité des droits et des chances, la participation et la citoyenneté des personnes handicapées » vise à faciliter l’insertion des personnes handicapées. Elle prévoit des compensations favorables à leur autonomie, dans les domaines domestique et professionnel. Alors même que ces objectifs initiaux n’ont pas encore été atteints, on constate que la loi crée de ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • 101 Tips to Win Your Social Security Disability Claim

    by Avi Leibovic ...
    "Go on a journey with Avi Leibovic, Esq. as the disability expert teaches readers how to win their claim for Social Security disability benefits. With over 25 years of experience, you will learn how to file a case, what to do, what NOT to do and where to seek help, as well as how to win the case – very easily. Inside, you will find tips of the trade, as well as helpful advice and how-to ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • DAS HANDBUCH FÜR SCHLAGANFALL-ÜBERLEBENDE

    by Brian Maram ...
    Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter auf Ihrem PflegewegJeden Tag wird jemand wie du über Nacht zum Betreuer.Keine Warnung. Keine Vorbereitung. Nur du, dein geliebter Mensch – und tausend Fragen, die in deinem Kopf widerhallen:Mache ich das richtig? Was ist, wenn ich einen Fehler mache? Wie fange ich überhaupt an?Du bist nicht allein mit diesem Gefühl der Überforderung.Die schlaflosen Nächte, in denen du ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • Estatuto da Pessoa com Deficiência

    Reflexões e Perspectivas

    by Mariana Alves Lara, Daniela Braga Paiano ...
    Series series Obras Coletivas
    A Lei Brasileira de Inclusão da Pessoa com Deficiência, também conhecida por Estatuto da Pessoa com Deficiência, foi promulgada em 2015. Como fruto da ratificação pelo Brasil da Convenção de Nova Iorque sobre os Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência, esta lei estruturou os direitos da pessoa com deficiência, harmonizando os existentes textos legais sobre a matéria, e promoveu importantes mudanças no ... Read more

    20,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La Communication Multiculturelle en Millieu Maritime

    by Dua Roland KOFFI ...
    La Communication Multiculturelle en Milieu Maritime est un ouvrage incontournable pour quiconque navigue, forme ou dirige dans des environnements multiculturels, dans un secteur maritime de plus en plus mondialisé. Les malentendus culturels à bord d'un navire ne sont jamais négligeables, car ils peuvent mettre en péril l'unité de l'équipage, compromettre la sécurité et nuire aux performances ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Businesses' Contributions to Achievement of the SDGs for People with Disabilities

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    Everyone, including people with disabilities, has the right to a basic standard of living adequate for their own health and well-being and for their families including access to employment and decent work, financial services and economic resources, adequate food (freedom from hunger and access to nutritious food), clothing, clean water and sanitation (essential for health and hygiene), secure ... Read more

    5,49 €

  • Grundlagen des Rehabilitationsrechts

    Das Leistungsrecht für behinderte und von Behinderung bedrohte Menschen verstehen und anwenden

    by Ursula Obermayr ...
    Klarheit bei Leistungen zur Rehabilitation und Teilhabe schaffenSystematisch und leicht verständlich stellt dieser Leitfaden das notwendige Grundwissen zum Rehabilitations- und Schwerbehindertenrecht dar.Wer gilt als behindert?Welche Rolle spielt die UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention?Unter welchen Voraussetzungen werden Reha-Leistungen und Hilfsmittel gewährt?Welcher Sozialleistungsträger ist ... Read more

    16,99 €

  • Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

    Edited by Maya Sabatello, Marianne Schulze ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of ... Read more

    54,79 €

  • The Future of Disability Law in India

    A Critical Analysis of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995

    by Jayna Kothari ...
    According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, which addressed the issues of non-discrimination, right to equal opportunity, and ... Read more

    36,14 €

  • Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500-1620

    by Robert Ralf Keintzel ...
    Eine Geschichte der Menschen mit Behinderung Dis/abled in 500 - 1620 Im Jahr 2013 waren in Mitteleuropa 12,7% der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung Menschen mit sogenannter Behinderung, also mehr als jede zehnte Person. Dennoch wurden diese Menschen lange Zeit von der Geschichtsschreibung vergessen. Menschen mit Behinderung haben aber sehr wohl eine lange Geschichte, die sich auf ihre Gegenwart und ... Read more

    12,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • As Dirt Clods Collide: Poetry by Dave Dave

    by Marie Rothenberg ...
    Poetry by Dave Dave (June 18, 1976 – July 15, 2018), collected by his mother Marie Rothenberg Hafdahl. Born David Charles Rothenberg and later Dave Dave was an American conceptual artist. He was badly burned as a child. He was posthumously awarded a Hollywood F.A.M.E. award in 2018 for artistic merit.The betrayal by his father seared deeper than the flames that almost killed him. His survival was ... Read more

    4,49 €

  • Blackstone's Guide to the Equality Act 2010

    Edited by John Wadham, David Ruebain, Anthony Robinson, Susie Uppal ...
    Series series Blackstone's Guides
    The Equality Act 2010 was an extremely significant reform of UK discrimination law, consolidating the existing complex mass of statutory provisions into one statute. The Act brought new rights against discrimination and imposed new duties on employers, service providers and public authorities, and also introduced a new socio-economic duty on public authorities to reduce the inequalities of outcome ... Read more

    84,37 €

  • Disability, Criminal Justice and Law

    Reconsidering Court Diversion

    by Linda Steele ...
    Series series Social Justice
    Through theoretical and empirical examination of legal frameworks for court diversion, this book interrogates law’s complicity in the debilitation of disabled people.In a post-deinstitutionalisation era, diverting disabled people from criminal justice systems and into mental health and disability services is considered therapeutic, humane and socially just. Yet, by drawing on Foucauldian theory of ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • Businesses and Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    In Businesses and Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Alan Gutterman provides a compelling and timely roadmap for how businesses of all sizes and sectors can actively promote and protect the human rights of persons with disabilities. Drawing on principles from international human rights law, corporate social responsibility, and disability justice, the book moves beyond compliance and ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities

    Realizing the Right to Equal Recognition before the Law

    by Anna Arstein-Kerslake ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    The right to make decisions is important for every individual. It allows us to express ourselves, discover our likes and dislikes, and lead our lives in the way we desire. People with cognitive disability have historically been denied this right in many different ways - sometimes informally by family members or carers, and other times formally by a courtroom or other legal authority. This book ... Read more

    34,55 €

  • Out of the Horrors of War

    Disability Politics in World War II America

    by Audra Jennings ...
    Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
    From workplace accidents to polio epidemics and new waves of immigration to the returning veterans of World War II, the first half of the twentieth century brought the issue of disability—what it was, what it meant, and how to address it—into national focus. Out of the Horrors of War: Disability Politics in World War II America explores the history of disability activism, concentrating on the ... Read more

    25,22 €