An African Path to Disability Justice : Community, Relationships and Obligations / by Oche Onazi.
2020
KQC145.P48
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Title
An African Path to Disability Justice : Community, Relationships and Obligations / by Oche Onazi.
Author
Onazi, Oche.
ISBN
9783030358501 (electronic book)
303035850X (electronic book)
9783030358495
303035850X (electronic book)
9783030358495
Published
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 179 pages)
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10.1007/978-3-030-35
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KQC145.P48
Dewey Decimal Classification
340.2
340.9
340.9
Summary
How should disability justice be conceptualised, not by orthodox human rights or capabilities approaches, but by a legal philosophy that mirrors an African relational community ideal? This book develops the first comprehensive answer to this question through the contemporary literature on African philosophy, which is relied upon to construct a legal philosophy of disability justice comprising of ethical ideals of community, human relationships and obligations. From these ideals, an African legal philosophy of disability justice is offered as a criterion for critically evaluating existing laws, legal and political institutions, as well as providing an ethical basis for creating new ones to ensure that they are inclusive to people with disabilities. In taking an alternative perspective on the subject, the book outlines and emphasises the need for a new public culture of obligations owed to people with disabilities, highlighting both the prospects and difficulties of achieving the ideal of disability justice that continues to elude the lived experiences of millions of Africans today.
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Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 78.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: African Scholarship and the Neglect of Disability
Chapter 2. Africa in Disability Justice, Legal and Political Theory
Chapter 3. Human Rights and Disability Justice in Africa
Chapter 4. Towards an African Legal Theory of Disability Justice
Chapter 5. From African Legal Theory to Practice: A Bill of Responsibilities
Chapter 6. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. Africa in Disability Justice, Legal and Political Theory
Chapter 3. Human Rights and Disability Justice in Africa
Chapter 4. Towards an African Legal Theory of Disability Justice
Chapter 5. From African Legal Theory to Practice: A Bill of Responsibilities
Chapter 6. Conclusion.