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Coercive Care

Rights, Law and Policy

Edited by Bernadette Mcsherry, Ian Freckelton ...

Series series Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume explores the concept of ‘coercive care’ in relation to individuals such as those with severe mental illnesses, those with intellectual and cognitive ... Read more

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There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume explores the concept of ‘coercive care’ in relation to individuals such as those with severe mental illnesses, those with intellectual and cognitive
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Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law

Edited by Brendan D. Kelly, Mary Donnelly ...

Series series Routledge Handbooks in Law
Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions. This work reflects the increasing importance of this field, critically discussing key issues of controversy and debate, and providing up-to-date analysis of cutting-edge developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.This is a timely moment for this book to appear. The United ... Read more

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Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions. This work reflects the increasing importance of this field, critically discussing key issues of controversy and debate, and providing up-to-date analysis of cutting-edge developments in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia.This is a timely moment for this book to appear. The United
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Indigenous Disability Studies

Edited by John T. Ward ...

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach. Indigenous people demonstrate considerable knowledge in a multitude of capacities in spite of legal, monetary, social, economic, health, and political inequalities that they experience within from
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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

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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
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The First ADA Title II Case Against the Nevada Department of Corrections

by ANDREAS YESCAS ...

This book documents the first ADA Title II case ever brought against the Nevada Department of Corrections — a firsthand account of discrimination, denied accommodations, and the systemic barriers faced by a disabled inmate fighting for equal access.Inside these pages, Andreas Yescas details how NDOC repeatedly ignored medical restrictions, denied programs, blocked housing options, and created ... Read more

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This book documents the first ADA Title II case ever brought against the Nevada Department of Corrections — a firsthand account of discrimination, denied accommodations, and the systemic barriers faced by a disabled inmate fighting for equal access.Inside these pages, Andreas Yescas details how NDOC repeatedly ignored medical restrictions, denied programs, blocked housing options, and created
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Broken Promises: How Government Failures Deepen the Plight of Canadians Living with Disabilities and Poverty

by Susan Zeppieri ...

In the intricate tapestry of Canadian society, there exists a hidden reality, often overlooked and neglected – the plight of individuals living at the intersection of disability and poverty. "Broken Promises" is a poignant exploration into the systemic failures of the Canadian government in addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by these marginalized citizens.Within these pages, readers are ... Read more

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In the intricate tapestry of Canadian society, there exists a hidden reality, often overlooked and neglected – the plight of individuals living at the intersection of disability and poverty. "Broken Promises" is a poignant exploration into the systemic failures of the Canadian government in addressing the multifaceted challenges faced by these marginalized citizens.Within these pages, readers are
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The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law

Moving Beyond Binaries

by Beverley Clough ...

Series series Social Justice
This book explores the conceptual spaces and socio-legal context which mental capacity laws inhabit. It will be seen that these norms are created and reproduced through the binaries that pervade mental capacity laws in liberal legal jurisdictions- such as capacity/incapacity; autonomy/paternalism; empowerment/protection; carer/cared-for; disabled/non-disabled; public/private. Whilst on one level ... Read more

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This book explores the conceptual spaces and socio-legal context which mental capacity laws inhabit. It will be seen that these norms are created and reproduced through the binaries that pervade mental capacity laws in liberal legal jurisdictions- such as capacity/incapacity; autonomy/paternalism; empowerment/protection; carer/cared-for; disabled/non-disabled; public/private. Whilst on one level
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Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Implementation of the CRPD in Federal Systems and Its Implications

Edited by Professor Delia Ferri, Professor Francesco Palermo, Professor Giuseppe Martinico ...

Series series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law
This book shines a light on the still unexplored relationships between federalism and disability rights. It investigates how the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is implemented by different federal systems around the world.It analyses the effects that the obligations undertaken under the CRPD have on federal governance and on the constitutional division of powers ... Read more

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This book shines a light on the still unexplored relationships between federalism and disability rights. It investigates how the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is implemented by different federal systems around the world.It analyses the effects that the obligations undertaken under the CRPD have on federal governance and on the constitutional division of powers
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Mental Disability and the Death Penalty

The Shame of the States

by Michael L. Perlin ...

There is no question that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities. There is clear, systemic bias at all stages of the prosecution and the sentencing process – in determining who is competent to be executed, in the assessment of mitigation evidence, in the ways that counsel is assigned, in the ways that jury determinations are often ... Read more

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There is no question that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities. There is clear, systemic bias at all stages of the prosecution and the sentencing process – in determining who is competent to be executed, in the assessment of mitigation evidence, in the ways that counsel is assigned, in the ways that jury determinations are often
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Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'Etat. - Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des textes officiels et des dispositions réglementaires qui régissent le paiement des pensions. Grâce à une présentation ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des textes officiels et des dispositions réglementaires qui régissent le paiement des pensions. Grâce à une présentation
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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

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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
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Vencendo Barreiras – Convivendo Com Tea E Tdah Em Concursos

by Eder Loureiro De Almeida ...

Você já se sentiu sozinho tentando estudar para um concurso público, enquanto tudo ao redor parece girar rápido demais e a sua mente vai na direção oposta? Vencendo Barreiras – Convivendo com TEA e TDAH em Concursos é mais do que um livro: é uma jornada real. Aqui, Eder Loureiro de Almeida compartilha vivências, obstáculos e descobertas de quem enfrenta diariamente as barreiras invisíveis do ... Read more

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Você já se sentiu sozinho tentando estudar para um concurso público, enquanto tudo ao redor parece girar rápido demais e a sua mente vai na direção oposta? Vencendo Barreiras – Convivendo com TEA e TDAH em Concursos é mais do que um livro: é uma jornada real. Aqui, Eder Loureiro de Almeida compartilha vivências, obstáculos e descobertas de quem enfrenta diariamente as barreiras invisíveis do
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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law

From Charity to Human Rights

by Arlene S. Kanter ...

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality, dignity, autonomy, full participation, as well as the right to live in the community, and the right to supported decision-making and ... Read more

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The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality, dignity, autonomy, full participation, as well as the right to live in the community, and the right to supported decision-making and
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Disability Hate Speech

Social, Cultural and Political Contexts

Edited by Mark Sherry, Terje Olsen, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, John Eriksen ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately, disability is often ignored or overlooked in academic, legal, political, and cultural analyses of the broader problem of hate speech. Its unique personal ... Read more

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This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately, disability is often ignored or overlooked in academic, legal, political, and cultural analyses of the broader problem of hate speech. Its unique personal
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Twenty-Two Cents an Hour

Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages

by Doug Crandell ...

In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.**As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which ... Read more

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In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.**As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which
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It’s Not Because I Want to Die

by Debbie Purdy ...

Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that he won't be arrested.Debbie Purdy – the face of Britain's right-to-die campaign – suffers from multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed in 1995 – barely a ... Read more

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Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that he won't be arrested.Debbie Purdy – the face of Britain's right-to-die campaign – suffers from multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed in 1995 – barely a
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La vita indipendente per le persone con disabilità. Un diritto fondamentale

by Alessia Lovece, Massimiliano Verga ...

Il diritto per le persone con disabilità di scegliere come, dove e con chi vivere è sancito dall'art.19 della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti delle persone con disabilità del 2006, ratificata dall'Italia nel 2009. Nel nostro ordinamento, la nozione di "vita indipendente" compare per la prima volta nel 1998, per poi trovare, nell'ultimo decennio, uno spazio sempre più significativo, in ... Read more

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Il diritto per le persone con disabilità di scegliere come, dove e con chi vivere è sancito dall'art.19 della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti delle persone con disabilità del 2006, ratificata dall'Italia nel 2009. Nel nostro ordinamento, la nozione di "vita indipendente" compare per la prima volta nel 1998, per poi trovare, nell'ultimo decennio, uno spazio sempre più significativo, in
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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

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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
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Dis/ability in Media, Law and History

Intersectional, Embodied AND Socially Constructed?

Edited by Micky Lee, Frank Rudy Cooper, Patricia Reeve ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
This book explores how being "disabled" originates in the physical world, social representations and rules, and historical power relations—the interplay of which render bodies "normal" or not.Do parking signs that represent people in wheelchairs as self-propelling influence how we view dis/ability? How do wheelchair users understand their own bodies and an environment not built for them? By asking ... Read more

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This book explores how being "disabled" originates in the physical world, social representations and rules, and historical power relations—the interplay of which render bodies "normal" or not.Do parking signs that represent people in wheelchairs as self-propelling influence how we view dis/ability? How do wheelchair users understand their own bodies and an environment not built for them? By asking
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Assisted Reproduction, Discrimination, and the Law

by Michelle Weldon-Johns ...

The numbers of women undergoing Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) treatments have risen steadily, yet they remain largely outside the scope of equality and employment law protection while undergoing treatment. Assisted Reproduction, Discrimination, and the Law examines this gap in UK law, with reference to EU law as appropriate, and argues that new conceptions of equality are necessary. ... Read more

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The numbers of women undergoing Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) treatments have risen steadily, yet they remain largely outside the scope of equality and employment law protection while undergoing treatment. Assisted Reproduction, Discrimination, and the Law examines this gap in UK law, with reference to EU law as appropriate, and argues that new conceptions of equality are necessary.
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Moral Issues in Special Education

An Inquiry into the Basic Rights, Responsibilities, and Ideals

by Robert F. Ladenson ...

The book identifies and analyzes important yet insufficiently explored moral issues in k-12 special education. It aims to achieve a successful combination of experience and theory. The experience comes from the many years the author was an Illinois special education due process hearing officer (1987-2007). The theory comes from the even more years he taught and did scholarly work in the areas of ... Read more

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The book identifies and analyzes important yet insufficiently explored moral issues in k-12 special education. It aims to achieve a successful combination of experience and theory. The experience comes from the many years the author was an Illinois special education due process hearing officer (1987-2007). The theory comes from the even more years he taught and did scholarly work in the areas of
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Disabling Criminal Justice

The Governance of Autistic Adult Defendants in the English Criminal Justice System

by Dr Marie Tidball ...

This book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts.Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including 'vulnerability', which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed.Drawing on rigorously ... Read more

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This book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts.Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including 'vulnerability', which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed.Drawing on rigorously
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Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'Etat. - Livre I : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre Ier : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent le système des retraites en France. ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre Ier : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent le système des retraites en France.
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The Beyond26 Story

by Dirk Bakhuyzen ...

How Community Based Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Changes Lives.The Bakhuyzen family is introduced to the world of disability by their adopted son, Will. Join their journey, from adopting a special needs boy from Hong Kong to beginning a faith-based nonprofit that finds employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Through inspiring stories, Dirk Bakhuyzen shows how ... Read more

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How Community Based Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Changes Lives.The Bakhuyzen family is introduced to the world of disability by their adopted son, Will. Join their journey, from adopting a special needs boy from Hong Kong to beginning a faith-based nonprofit that finds employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Through inspiring stories, Dirk Bakhuyzen shows how
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