Descript |
[xiv], 250 p. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Intellectual disability as a distinct issue -- A principled approach to human rights issues raised by intellectual disability -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- The European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of applicants with intellectual disability -- Human dignity in the ECHR -- English law in relation to welfare, intellectual disability, and human rights -- German law relating to intellectual disability, incapacity, and welfare -- Social and legal policies relating to disability -- Applying the human dignity reasoning to sterilisation procedures under English law, the MCA 2005, and the case law of the ECtHR -- A new protocol on disability? |
ISBN |
9780754677604 (hardbound) |
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0754677605 (hardbound) |
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