Americans With Disabilities: Exploring Implications Of The Law For Individuals And Institutions; Editor: Francis, Leslie Pickering; Editor: Silvers, Anita; Paperback

Editor: Francis, Leslie Pickering; Editor: Silvers, Anita
Paperback
432 pages
Published: July 2000
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415923689

Few laws have sparked as much debate as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed by Congress in 1990. Americans with Disabilities: Exploring Implications of the Law for Individualsand Institutions is the first comprehensive exploration of the fundamental philosophical, legal and public policy questions arising from this landmark act.With thought-provoking analysis by noted experts in a variety of fields, Americans with Disabilities provides a keen understanding of the consequences of the law -- for both those who oppose burdensome costs of the law and those who feel it must do more to protect citizens with disabilities from intolerance and social limitation.In this work, philosophers, legal theorists, bioethicists and policy makers offer an incisive look into the philosophical and moral foundations of US disability law and policy and the controversial Americans with Disabilities Act.