Disabling Interpretations: The Americans with Disabilities ACT in Federal Court

by Susan Gluck Mezey

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was intended to send a clear message to society that discrimination on the basis of disability is unacceptable. As with most civil rights laws, the courts were given primary responsibility for implementing disability rights policy. Mezey argues that the act has not fulfilled its potential primarily because of the judiciary's \u0022disabling interpretations\u0022 in adjudicating ADA claims. In the decade...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822958791
• ISBN13: 9780822958796
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"