Title:
Law and disability in Canada : cases and materials
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Toronto, Ontario : LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
xv, 278, 2, 7 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780433497127
Abstract:
"This book is comprehensive overview of the law and disability issues. It examines definitional questions and fields of law as they relate to disability issues, including equality rights instruments, the history of disability rights litigation and contemporary access to justice issues. It also examines issues arising in the lived experience of persons with disabilities in the pursuit of various fundamental rights, as well to the roles and concerns of others involved in the experience and resolution of such issues."-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Includes table of cases.
Contents:
Equality rights instruments and the importance of a disability lens -- Examining the right to community living for people with disabilities in Canada -- Working crip time : understanding workplace accommodation and episodic disability -- Federal income support : Canada Pension Plan disability and Employment Insurance sickness benefits -- Women and girls with disabilities : gendered disability discrimination -- Arrest, detention and disability in Canada -- Trial, sentencing and disability in Canada -- Inquests, disability and marginalization in encounters with the criminal justice system -- Inquests, disability and marginalization in encounters outside of the criminal justice system -- Access to justice for people with mental health disabilities and addictions : navigating mental health and specialized courts -- Bibliographies.
Language:
English
