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  • Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood

    Stories of Survival and Aspiration in the Face of Adversity

    by Kathy Ellem, Paul Harpur, Fotina Hardy, Michael Ashley Stein, Ann Fudge Schormans ...
    This book presents the lived experiences of young people with cognitive disability and their struggles as they transition to adulthood. Whether you are a young person yourself looking to transition to adulthood, a parent, or a professional supporting a young person, this book will help you understand the systemic failures which have caused abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence. But it will ... Read more

    $106.59 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Business and Human Rights Law

    Edited by Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Law
    How can businesses operate profitably and sustainably while ensuring that they are applying human rights? It is possible to apply human rights while at the same time decreasing cost and making human rights contribute to profits. Yet business efforts alone are insufficient, and states must possess sufficient regulatory power to work together with businesses and investors – not only to improve human ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Accessible Technology and the Developing World

    Edited by Michael Ashley Stein, Jonathan Lazar ...
    When digital content and technologies are designed in a way that is inaccessible for persons with disabilities, they are locked out of commerce, education, employment, and access to government information. In developing areas of the world, as new technical infrastructures are being built, it is especially important to ensure that accessibility is a key design goal. Unfortunately, nearly all ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights

    Edited by Michael Ashley Stein, Faraaz Mahomed, Vikram Patel, Charlene Sunkel ...
    Since adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the interpretive General Comment 1, the topic of legal capacity in mental health settings has generated considerable debate in disciplines ranging from law and psychiatry to public health and public policy. With over 180 countries having ratified the Convention, the shifts required in law and clinical practice need to ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Disability, Health, Law, and Bioethics

    Edited by I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Anita Silvers, Michael Ashley Stein ...
    Historically and across societies people with disabilities have been stigmatized and excluded from social opportunities on a variety of culturally specific grounds. In this collection, the authors explore the impact that the philosophical framing of disability can have on public policy questions, in the clinic, in the courtroom, and elsewhere. They examine the implications of this understanding ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Disability and Equity at Work

    by Jody Heymann, Michael Ashley Stein, Gonzalo Moreno ...
    Despite international and national guarantees of equal rights, there remains a great deal to be done to achieve global employment equality for individuals with disabilities. In OECD countries, the employment rate of persons with disabilities was just over 40%, compared to 75% for persons without a disability; in many low- and middle-income countries, the employment rates are even lower. There are ... Read more

    $91.79 USD

  • Disability and Equality Law

    by Michael Ashley Stein ...
    Series series The Library of Essays on Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
    This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses the theoretical, practical and legal dimensions of equality for persons with disabilities. The issues covered include the central problem of defining disability and impairment; the dilemma of same versus different treatment; the balance between autonomy and external influence and support; linkages to other anti-discrimination categories such as ... Read more

    $470.00 USD

  • Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology

    Edited by Jonathan Lazar, Michael Ashley Stein ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities. The right to access the same digital content at the same time and at the same cost as people without disabilities is implicit in several human rights instruments and is featured prominently in Articles 9 and 21 of the ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology

    Edited by Jonathan Lazar, Michael Ashley Stein ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities. The right to access the same digital content at the same time and at the same cost as people without disabilities is implicit in several human rights instruments and is featured prominently in Articles 9 and 21 of the ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    A Commentary

    Edited by Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein, Dimitris Anastasiou ...
    Series series Oxford Commentaries on International Law
    This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each article of the CRPD contains a methodical analysis of the preparatory works, followed by an exhaustive examination of the contents of each article based on case law and concluding observations from the CRPD Committee, judgments from national and ... Read more

    $363.59 USD

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  • Disabled Justice?

    Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    by Eilionóir Flynn ...
    Disability offers a new lens through which to view the effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from making a complaint, to investigation, and through the court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of people with disabilities in a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • 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

    $70.99 USD