When is Separate Unequal?: A Disability Perspective (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series) - Hardcover

Ruth Colker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052188618X ISBN 13: 9780521886185

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how to attain equality in the area of disability discrimination.

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About the Author

Professor Colker is one of the leading scholars in the country in the areas of constitutional law and disability discrimination. She is the author of eight books, two of which have won book prizes. She has also published more than 50 articles in law journals such as the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Journal, Pennsylvania Law Review, University of Virginia Law Review, and University of Michigan Law Review. She has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio to comment on disability and constitutional law topics. Before joining the faculty at Ohio State, Professor Colker taught at Tulane University, the University of Toronto, the University of Pittsburgh, and in the women's studies graduate program at George Washington University. She also spent four years working as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, where she received two awards for outstanding performance. Professor Colker was also a recipient of the University's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2001, the University's Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award in 2002 and the University Distinguished Scholar Award in 2003. She is a 1978 graduate of Harvard University and a 1981 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052188618X
• ISBN 13: 9780521886185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296