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Law and the contradictions of the disability rights movement / Samuel R. Bagenstos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bagenstos, Samuel R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities--Law and legislation--United States.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Civil rights--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 228 p.))
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Law & the contradictions of the disability rights movement
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was hailed as revolutionary legislation, but in the ensuing years restrictive Supreme Court decisions have prompted accusations that the Court has betrayed the disability rights movement. The ADA can lay claim to notable successes, yet people with disabilities continue to be unemployed at extremely high rates. In this timely book, Samuel R. Bagenstos examines the history of the movement and discusses the various, often-conflicting projects of diverse participants. He argues that while the courts deserve some criticism, some may also be fairly aimed at the choices made by prominent disability rights activists as they crafted and argued for the ADA. The author concludes with an assessment of the limits of antidiscrimination law in integrating and empowering people with disabilities, and he suggests new policy directions to make these goals a reality.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The projects of the American disability rights movement
- Defining disability
- The role of accommodation in disability discrimination law
- Disability and safety risks
- Disability, life, death, and choice
- The limits of the antidiscrimination model
- Future directions in disability law.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-35304-7
- 9786612353048
- 0-300-15543-3
- OCLC:
- 586148900
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