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Recent Reference Manuals
Disability Discrimination Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Disability Professionals (2008)
Understand disability discrimination laws and minimize current problems to create better legal remedies. This book explains and analyzes key aspects of disability discrimination law from several different perspectives to help you through the myriad federal and state statutes, court cases, and regulations that may apply, in whole or in part, to each particular discrimination issue.
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Mental Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Mental Disability Professionals (2007)
Mental Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony, written by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law Director, John Parry, J.D. and forensic psychologist, Eric Y. Drogin, J.D., Ph.D., will guide lawyers, judges, law students, and forensic and other mental disability professionals through the maze of civil and criminal laws, standards, and evidentiary pitfalls, and forensic practices that characterize this area of the law. Moreover, it summarizes what empirical evidence exists to support or raise concerns about these legal standards and forensic practices when they are introduced in the courtroom.
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