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Introduced in 2008, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has existed for nearly a decade. This comprehensive study examines how courts in thirteen different jurisdictions make use of the Convention. The first sustained comparative international law analysis of the CRPD, Waddington and Lawsons ground breaking text illuminates the intersection between human rights law, disability law and international law through an examination of the role of courts. The first part of the book contains chapters specific to each jurisdiction. The second part consists of comparative chapters which draw on the rich analysis of the jurisdiction-specific chapters. These chapters reflect on emerging patterns of judicial usage and interpretation of the CRPD and on the wider implications for human rights theory and the nascent field of international comparative human rights law. This volume is a vital and thought-provoking addition to the literature on comparative international law and disability rights.

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Author:   Lisa Waddington (Professor and European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law, Professor and European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law, Maastricht University) ,  Anna Lawson (Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780198786627

ISBN 10:   019878662
Pages:   672
Publication Date:   14 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Anna Lawson and Lisa Waddington: Setting the Scene 2: Ana Laura Aiello: Argentina 3: Lisa Waddington: Australia 4: Oliver Lewis: Council of Europe 5: Lisa Waddington: European Union 6: Valentin Aichele: Germany 7: Elizabeth Kamundia: Kenya 8: Shreya Atrey: India 9: Eilionoir Flynn: Ireland 10: Delia Ferri: Italy 11: Hezzy Smith and Michael Stein: Mexico 12: Dmitri Barteney and Ekaterina Evdokimova: Russia 13: Ignacio Campoy: Spain 14: Anna Lawson and Lucy Series: United Kingdom 15: Anna Lawson and Lisa Waddington: Interpreting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Domestic Courts 16: Lisa Waddington: The Domestication of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Domestic Legal Status and Relevance for Case Law 17: Anna Lawson: Uses of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Domestic Case Law 18: Lisa Waddington: The Role of the Judiciary and its Relationship to the CRPD 19: Christopher McCrudden: Human Rights Theory and Comparative International Law Scholarship

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a vital and thought-provoking addition to the literature on comparative international law and disability rights. ... This groundbreaking text is the first sustained comparative international law analysis of the CRPD greatly contributing to the theory and practice of interdisciplinary disability studies. * Anna Drabarz, Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze * This book is undoubtedly essential to any human rights academic research, and a highly relevant resource of changing practices according to the CRPD application in the courts. The extensive list of court decisions, the significant number of countries/jurisdictions analyzed, and the profound reflection on the domestic legal status of the CRPD and the different judicial approaches of the CRPD shows the impact of human rights and international law engagement. This work is a substantive tool towards changing the policies and the social consciousness of human rights, namely the protection of the right of persons with disabilities. * The Journal of Adult Protection * ... all those involved in the first edition are to be congratulated for what will undoubtedly in due course come to be seen as a seminal text in the 'operationalisation' phase of the CRPD's life. * Alex Ruck Keene, International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law *

a vital and thought-provoking addition to the literature on comparative international law and disability rights. ... This groundbreaking text is the first sustained comparative international law analysis of the CRPD greatly contributing to the theory and practice of interdisciplinary disability studies. * Anna Drabarz, Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze *

Author Information

Lisa Waddington holds the European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law at the Maastricht Centre for European Law. In 2000, she received an ASPASIA award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Between 2004 and 2007 she coordinated a large EU research and education project on European non-discrimination law. She also coordinated the involvement of Maastricht University in the FP7 European Research Agendas expanding Disability Equality project and the Marie Curie Initial Training Network. She is also a member of both the Ius Commune Research School and the Human Rights Research School. Between 1993 and 2004 she was the editor of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. She is currently a board member of a number of networks and organizations, including the European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-discrimination. Anna Lawson is a professor of law at the University of Leeds where she is also the director of its interdisciplinary Centre for Disability Studies. She co-ordinates the newly established Disability Law Hub which sits within the Law School's Centre for Law and Social Justice and she is a regular advisor to national and international organizations, including parliaments and governments. Anna is a long-standing member of the co-ordinating team of the European Union's Academic Network of Experts on Disability. Anna is also an adjunct faculty member for the critical disability studies graduate programme at York University, Toronto, and an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple, London. In 2016 she was awarded the Bob Hepple Memorial Award by the Equal Rights Trust in recognition of her contribution to equality and human rights.

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