The Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation Hardback
by Lawrence A. Kane, Phyllis Brown, Julius S. Cohen
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This book is the formal presentation of the issues discussed at the Second National Conference on the Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation.
A relationship between the community and its citizens with mental retardation is discussed extensively in the first section of the book.
Other sections of the book are devoted to key litigation and legislation for the rights of citizens with mental retardation, law as it pertains to newborns with severe handicaps, advances in education and rehabilitation, and future strategies for advocacy.
A few of the noted contributors include Carl R. Halpern, Dean of the CUNY Law School, Professor Robert A.
Burt of Yale University, and Professor Robert H. Mnookin of Stanford University. This book is designed as a basic reference for advocates and others concerned with the mentally retarded.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:20/12/1988
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- ISBN:9780819171108
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Unavailable
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:20/12/1988
- Category:
- ISBN:9780819171108