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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives / United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities edited by Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir and Gerard Quinn. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009. - xxiv, 319 p. ; 25 cm. - International studies in human rights, v. 100 0924-4751 ; . - International studies in human rights ; v. 100. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Disability studies, the social model and legal developments / Rannveig Traustadóttir --
Future prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord --
A future of multidimensional disadvantage equality? / Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir --
From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch --
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson --
Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington --
The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davíđ Pór Björgvinsson --
Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide --
General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? / Holger Kallehauge --
Resisting the 'temptation of elegance' : can the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities socialise states to right behaviour? / Gerard Quinn --
The implementation of the UN convention and the development of economical and social rights as human rights / Brynhildur G. Flóvenz --
The UN convention in Nordic domestic law : lessons learned from other treaties / Ragnhildur Helgadóttir.

ISBN: 9789004169715 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004169717 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008054032

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe.
People with disabilities--Civil rights--Europe.
People with disabilities--Government policy--Europe.
Human rights--Europe.

LC Class. No.: KJC3490 / .U5 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 341.4/85