Peter Blanck is University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA. He is also Honorary Professor, Centre for Disability Law & Policy, at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Blanck is Chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), and President of Raising the Floor (RtF) USA. He has written articles and books on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws, and received grants to study disability law and policy.Eilionóir Flynn is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway. Her interest in disability law stems from a broader interest in social justice and a recognition of the invisibility of people with disabilities in broader human rights discourse. Her current research interests in this field include legal capacity, disability advocacy and access to justice, and she has published widely in national and international peer reviewed journals on these issues, as well as producing a monograph on the implementation of the CRPD for Cambridge University Press.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Disability Law is an accessible but sophisticated treatment of the fast-moving field of disability law and policy. Addressing domestic, comparative, and international developments, it will become an important resource for researchers and practitioners in the many disciplines that touch the lives of people with disabilities. Michael Waterstone, Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School.

• Theoretical Underpinnings of Disability LawSection I1. The Social Model of Disability: Questions for Law and Legal Scholarship?Anna Lawson & Mark Priestley2. Beyond the Welfare State – What Next for the European Social Model?Bjørn Hvinden3. A Human Rights Model of DisabilityTheresia Degener Ongoing Debates in Disability LawSection II Introduction4. Today’s Lesson is on Diversity Rosemary Kayess & Jennifer Green5. Equality of Opportunity in Employment? Disability Rights and Active LabourMarket PoliciesLisa Waddington & Mark Priestley & Betul Yalcin6. Disabled People and Access to Justice: From Disablement to Enablement?Anna Lawson7. Hit and Miss: Procedural Accommodations Ensuring the Effective Access of People with Mental Disabilities to the European Court of Human RightsConstantin Cojocariu8. Toward Inclusion: Political and Social Participation of People with DisabilitiesLisa Schur Emerging Fields in Disability LawSection III Introduction9. Legal Capacity: A Global Analysis of Reform TrendsLucy Series, Anna Arstein-Kerslake & Elizabeth Kamundia10. Back to the Future? Article 19 and the Nordic Experience of Independent Living and Personal AssistanceCiara Brennan11. eQuality: The Right to the WebPeter Blanck12. Disability and Ageing: Bridging the Divide? Social Constructions and Human Rights Eilionòir Flynn13. Disability and Genetics – New Forms of Discrimination?Aisling dePaor14. Inclusive Development AidMary Keogh15. Disability Family Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities (CRPD): The Case of IsraelArie Rimmerman and Michal Soffer

Peter Blanck is University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA. He is also Honorary Professor, Centre for Disability Law & Policy, at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Blanck is Chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), and President of Raising the Floor (RtF) USA. He has written articles and books on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws, and received grants to study disability law and policy.Eilionóir Flynn is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway. Her interest in disability law stems from a broader interest in social justice and a recognition of the invisibility of people with disabilities in broader human rights discourse. Her current research interests in this field include legal capacity, disability advocacy and access to justice, and she has published widely in national and international peer reviewed journals on these issues, as well as producing a monograph on the implementation of the CRPD for Cambridge University Press.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Disability Law is an accessible but sophisticated treatment of the fast-moving field of disability law and policy. Addressing domestic, comparative, and international developments, it will become an important resource for researchers and practitioners in the many disciplines that touch the lives of people with disabilities. Michael Waterstone, Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School.

• Theoretical Underpinnings of Disability LawSection I1. The Social Model of Disability: Questions for Law and Legal Scholarship?Anna Lawson & Mark Priestley2. Beyond the Welfare State – What Next for the European Social Model?Bjørn Hvinden3. A Human Rights Model of DisabilityTheresia Degener Ongoing Debates in Disability LawSection II Introduction4. Today’s Lesson is on Diversity Rosemary Kayess & Jennifer Green5. Equality of Opportunity in Employment? Disability Rights and Active LabourMarket PoliciesLisa Waddington & Mark Priestley & Betul Yalcin6. Disabled People and Access to Justice: From Disablement to Enablement?Anna Lawson7. Hit and Miss: Procedural Accommodations Ensuring the Effective Access of People with Mental Disabilities to the European Court of Human RightsConstantin Cojocariu8. Toward Inclusion: Political and Social Participation of People with DisabilitiesLisa Schur Emerging Fields in Disability LawSection III Introduction9. Legal Capacity: A Global Analysis of Reform TrendsLucy Series, Anna Arstein-Kerslake & Elizabeth Kamundia10. Back to the Future? Article 19 and the Nordic Experience of Independent Living and Personal AssistanceCiara Brennan11. eQuality: The Right to the WebPeter Blanck12. Disability and Ageing: Bridging the Divide? Social Constructions and Human Rights Eilionòir Flynn13. Disability and Genetics – New Forms of Discrimination?Aisling dePaor14. Inclusive Development AidMary Keogh15. Disability Family Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities (CRPD): The Case of IsraelArie Rimmerman and Michal Soffer

Peter Blanck is University Professor and Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, USA. He is also Honorary Professor, Centre for Disability Law & Policy, at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Blanck is Chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), and President of Raising the Floor (RtF) USA. He has written articles and books on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws, and received grants to study disability law and policy.Eilionóir Flynn is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway. Her interest in disability law stems from a broader interest in social justice and a recognition of the invisibility of people with disabilities in broader human rights discourse. Her current research interests in this field include legal capacity, disability advocacy and access to justice, and she has published widely in national and international peer reviewed journals on these issues, as well as producing a monograph on the implementation of the CRPD for Cambridge University Press.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Disability Law is an accessible but sophisticated treatment of the fast-moving field of disability law and policy. Addressing domestic, comparative, and international developments, it will become an important resource for researchers and practitioners in the many disciplines that touch the lives of people with disabilities. Michael Waterstone, Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School.

• Theoretical Underpinnings of Disability LawSection I1. The Social Model of Disability: Questions for Law and Legal Scholarship?Anna Lawson & Mark Priestley2. Beyond the Welfare State – What Next for the European Social Model?Bjørn Hvinden3. A Human Rights Model of DisabilityTheresia Degener Ongoing Debates in Disability LawSection II Introduction4. Today’s Lesson is on Diversity Rosemary Kayess & Jennifer Green5. Equality of Opportunity in Employment? Disability Rights and Active LabourMarket PoliciesLisa Waddington & Mark Priestley & Betul Yalcin6. Disabled People and Access to Justice: From Disablement to Enablement?Anna Lawson7. Hit and Miss: Procedural Accommodations Ensuring the Effective Access of People with Mental Disabilities to the European Court of Human RightsConstantin Cojocariu8. Toward Inclusion: Political and Social Participation of People with DisabilitiesLisa Schur Emerging Fields in Disability LawSection III Introduction9. Legal Capacity: A Global Analysis of Reform TrendsLucy Series, Anna Arstein-Kerslake & Elizabeth Kamundia10. Back to the Future? Article 19 and the Nordic Experience of Independent Living and Personal AssistanceCiara Brennan11. eQuality: The Right to the WebPeter Blanck12. Disability and Ageing: Bridging the Divide? Social Constructions and Human Rights Eilionòir Flynn13. Disability and Genetics – New Forms of Discrimination?Aisling dePaor14. Inclusive Development AidMary Keogh15. Disability Family Policy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities (CRPD): The Case of IsraelArie Rimmerman and Michal Soffer