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Selected Works

Selected Works

2011

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Full-Text Articles in Disability Law

Disability Identity - Hope Lewis, Hope Lewis Dec 2010

Disability Identity - Hope Lewis, Hope Lewis

Hope Lewis

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Disability And Designer Babies, Brigham A. Fordham Dec 2010

Disability And Designer Babies, Brigham A. Fordham

Brigham A Fordham

If deaf parents purposely use new genetic technologies to give their child the genes for deafness, have the parents harmed the child? This and similar questions regarding parents who make genetic choices in favor of disability have preoccupied much of the scholarship regarding new artificial reproductive technologies. Some have argued that we should determine whether a child has been harmed by pondering whether the child's "right to an open future" has been violated by the parents' genetic intervention. If that right is violated, some say, the parents should be subject to tort liability for inflicting a harm upon the child. …

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Socialtjänst Och E-Förvaltning. E-Tjänster För Äldre Och Personer Med Funktionshinder, Titti Mattsson Dec 2010

Socialtjänst Och E-Förvaltning. E-Tjänster För Äldre Och Personer Med Funktionshinder, Titti Mattsson

Titti Mattsson

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Requirements Of A Valid Islamic Marriage Vis-À-Vis Requirements Of A Valid Customary Marriage In Nigeria, Olanike Sekinat Odewale Mrs Dec 2010

Requirements Of A Valid Islamic Marriage Vis-À-Vis Requirements Of A Valid Customary Marriage In Nigeria, Olanike Sekinat Odewale Mrs

Olanike Sekinat Adelakun

Marriage is a universal institution which is recognized and respected all over the world. As a social institution, marriage is founded on and governed by the social and religious norms of the society. Consequently, the sanctity of marriage is a well accepted principle in the world community .
Marriage could either be monogamous or polygamous in nature. A monogamous marriage has bee described as ‘…the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others’ . A polygamous marriage on the other hand can be defined as a voluntary union for life of one …

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Abandoned Love The Impact Of Wyatt V Stickney On The Intersection Between Inte.Doc, Michael L. Perlin Dec 2010

Abandoned Love The Impact Of Wyatt V Stickney On The Intersection Between Inte.Doc, Michael L. Perlin

Michael L Perlin

Wyatt v. Stickney - the first case to find (40 years ago) a constitutional right to treatment for persons institutionalized because of mental disability - is the most important institutional rights case litigated in the history of domestic mental disability law. It spawned “copycat” litigation in multiple federal district courts and state superior courts, led directly to the creation of “Patients’ Bills of Rights” in most states, and inspired the creation of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Mental Health Systems Act Bill of Rights, and the federally-funded Protection and Advocacy System. Its direct influence on …

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