Disability rights in Europe : from theory to practice / edited by Anna Lawson, Caroline Gooding.

Essays based on papers originally presented at a conference organized by the editors to mark the European Year of Disabled People, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Anna Lawson and Caroline Gooding -- Disability and human rights : the persistent oxymoron / Richard Light -- The dog that didn't bark : the issue of access to rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by disabled people / Luke Clements and Janet Read -- Reasonable accommodations and positive obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights / Olivier de Schutter -- Hate speech and disabled people : some comparative constitutional thoughts / Ian Cram -- Disability discrimination law : a global comparative approach / Theresia Degener -- Implementing the disability provisions of the framework employment directive : room for exercising national discretion / Lisa Waddington --

Open for all? Disability discrimination laws in Europe relating to goods and services / Caroline Gooding and Catherine Casserley -- Reflections on inclusion and accommodation in childhood education : from international standard setting to national implementation / Jacqueline Schoonheim and David Ruebain -- Promoting disability equality after the Treaty of Amsterdam : new legal directions and practical expansion strategies / Aart Hendriks -- Disability equality : a challenge to the existing anti-discrimination paradigm? / Sandra Friedman -- A new generation of equality legislation? Positive duties and disability rights / Colm O'Cinneide -- The GB Disability Rights Commission and strategic law enforcement : transcending the common law mind / Nick O'Brien -- Mind the gap! Normality, difference and the danger of disablement through law / Anna Lawson.

Disability Rights in Europe is based on a conference organized jointly by the editors to mark the European Year of Disabled People. It explores the range of legal strategies which have been adopted, both nationally and internationally, to achieve equality for disabled people and facilitate their inclusion into mainstream society. It examines current developments in anti-discrimination law, both within Member States and at EU level. It also assesses the effectiveness and potential of the human rights framework for disabled Europeans. In addition, a number of approaches to the enforcement and promotion of disability rights are considered.