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The disability pendulum : the first decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act /
Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2005]
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| Colección: | Critical America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. She assesses the success and failure of the first ten years of litigation under the ADA, focusing on its three major titles: employment, public entities, and public accommodations. The Disability Pendulum argues that despite a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429413954 1429413956 9780814790373 0814790372 |