Disabled Justice?: Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
By Eilionóir Flynn.
Description
Disability offers a new lens through which to view the effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from making a complaint, to investigation, and through the court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of people with disabilities in a variety of roles in the justice system - as witness, defendant, complainant, plaintiff, lawyer, judge and juror. More broadly, it also critically examines the subtle barriers of access to justice which...
ISBN(s)
1138637181, 9781138637184
