An African Path to Disability Justice : Community, Relationships and Obligations / by Oche Onazi.

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An African Path to Disability Justice : Community, Relationships and Obligations / by Oche Onazi.

9783030358501 (electronic book)
303035850X (electronic book)
9783030358495

Cham : Springer, 2020.

English

1 online resource (xix, 179 pages)

10.1007/978-3-030-35

KQC145.P48

340.2
340.9

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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