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Sexuality, Disability, and the Law

Beyond the Last Frontier?

M. Perlin, A. Lynch (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

209 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-48107-8 (ISBN)

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Sexuality, Disability, and the Law approaches issues of sexual autonomy and disability from multiple perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, therapeutic jurisprudence, history, cognitive psychology, dignity studies, and theories and findings on gender constructs and societal norms. Perlin and Lynch determine that if our society continues to assert that persons with mental disabilities possess a primitive morality, we allow ourselves to censor their feelings and their actions. By denying their ability and desires to show love and affection, we justify this disparate treatment. Our reliance on stereotypes has warped our attitudes and our policies, and has allowed us to avoid important issues of humanity and of dignity that should be at the basis of any policies that affect this population.

Michael L. Perlin is Professor Emeritus of Law at New York Law School, USA; Founding Director, International Mental Disability Law Reform Project, and Co-Founder, Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates Alison J. Lynch is Staff Attorney at Disability Rights New York.

1.Introduction
2.The Four Factors: Sanism, Pretextuality, Heuristics and 'Ordinary Common Sense'
3.Perspectives from the Law
4.Social Policy Issues
5.Gender, Society, and Sexuality
6.Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.1.2016
Zusatzinfo	IX, 209 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-48107-2 / 1137481072
ISBN-13	978-1-137-48107-8 / 9781137481078
Zustand	Neuware