Anna Lawson's Publications
Books
(2011) European Union Non-Discrimination Law and Intersectionality: investigating the triangle of racial, gender and disability discrimination. pp. 12 - 27 Ashgate
This book contributes to a critical reflection of current legislative and jurisprudential developments in Non-Discrimination Law, focusing on the European Union. The book is focused on intersectionality between gender, race and disability and the question of whether, and to what extent, this intersection can be adequately addressed in (EU) law. The discussion rests on two basic assumptions. First, the multiplication of 'discrimination grounds' in EU law and other legal regimes should not result in a dilution of the demands of equality law. Accordingly, the book focuses on the three key grounds - race, gender and disability. These constitute nodes around which other discrimination grounds can be grouped. Second, any multi-ground non-discrimination law framework needs to engage with the question of discrimination on several grounds. This book provides a critical evaluation of some of the problems presented by such intersectionality and an opportunity to explore the issues in depth. This collection offers some new proposals relating to the regrouping of identity categories and to the general approach to socio-legal research in the field. It also contains a comparative section, which expands on practical experiences with intersectionality and law, and a section dedicated to juridical responses to intersectionality. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and those working in the area of EU non-discrimination law and policy.
(2008) Disability and Equality Law in Britain: The Role of Reasonable Adjustment Hart Publishing
(2005) Disability Rights in Europe: From Theory to Practice 1 pp. 320p Hart
Chapters
(2011) Introduction In: Schiek D; Lawson A (eds.) EU Non-Discrimination Law and Intersectionality: Investigating the Triangle of Racial, Gender and Disability Discrimination Ashgate
(2011) Disadvantage at the Intersection Between Race and Disability: Key Challenges for EU Non-Discrimination Law In: Schiek D; Lawson A (eds.) EU Non-Discrimination Law and Intersectionality: Investigating the Triangle of Racial, Gender and Disability Discrimination
(2009) The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European Disability Law: A Catalyst for Cohesion? In: Arnardottir O; Quinn G (eds.) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: European and Scandinavian Perspectives 100 pp. 81 - 109 Martinus Nijhoff
(2007) Landlords, Disabled Tenants and the Rising Tide of Equality Law In: Dixon M; Griffiths G (eds.) Current Issues in Property Law Oxford University Press
(2005) Introduction In: Lawson A; Gooding C (eds.) Disability Rights in Europe: From Theory to Practice pp. 1 - 8 Hart
(2005) Dismantling Barriers to Transport by Law: The European Journey In: Barnes C; Mercer G (eds.) The Social Model of Disability: Europe and the Majority World pp. 80 - 97 The Disability Press
(2005) The Human Rights Act 1998 and Disabled People: A Right to be Human? In: Harvey C (eds.) Human Rights and the Community pp. 135 - 154 Hart
(2003) Land Law and the Creation of Disability In: Hudson A (eds.) New Perspectives on Property Law: Human Rights and the Family Home pp. 117 - 130 Cavendish
(2003) Land Law and the Creation of Disability In: Hudson A (eds.) New Perspectives on Property Law: Human Rights and the Family Home pp. 117 - 130 Cavendish Publishing Ltd
(2002) Easements In: Tee L (eds.) Land Law: Issues, Debates, Policy pp. 64 - 97 Willan Publishing, Devon
Conferences
Chair of event "legal capacity" UN Conference of States Parties on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The UN Draft International Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: Purpose, Progress and Potential The Human Rights of People With Disabilities: Extending Freedom to All
Disabled People and the Shrinking Legal World: Promises, Pitfalls and Potentials The Impact of Globalisation on Marginalised Groups
The Digital Freedom of Disabled People in the UK: Progress and Problems The Digital Freedom of Persons with Disabilities
The UN Draft International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Equality and Non-Discrimination Gulf Seminar on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
expert speaker Latvian Ministerial Seminar on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Property v Equality: The Challenge of Reasonable Accommodation Comparative, Transnational and Emerging Issues in Property Law
Position paper on Reasonable accommodation UN Conference of States Parties on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
"Reasonable Accommodation and the EU" Seminar for judges and prosecutors
Law & Policy Challenges for Achieving an Accessible Information Society in the EU: Lessons from Britain Mid-term Conference of NCoE Welfare REASSESS 2009
Session rapporteur The Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities: From Social Policy to Equal Rights
Making Technology Accessible: What Role for Human Rights Law? Disability – New Paradigms: From Theory to Practice
Reasonable Accommodation: An Overview workshop on reasonable accommodation
European Non-Discrimination Legislation: Potential for Promoting the Employment and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities First regional conference of Baltic States and Finland on disability and human rights
The Ivory Tower and the Real World: Academia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Nordic Network of Disability Research Conference
Indicators of Disability Equality in Europe 2nd Annual FRA Syposium, “Using indicators to measure fundamental rights in the EU”
Workshop leader Workshops on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European human rights law for Turkish disability NGOs organised by Bilgi University, Istanbul, and the Raoul Wallenberg In
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Modest Step or a Giant Leap? Human Rights Summer School
Expert speaker seminar on employment and human rights organised by the Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap
Disabled People and Participation in Political and Public Life: Implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Meeting of the Expert Working Group on Participation in Political and Public Life of the European Co-ordination Forum for the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Joining up the Cracks in Human Rights Thinking and Action 3rd Open Society Foundation Network Programme Directors Forum
Setting the Scene: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Reasonable Accommodation Symposium on Reasonable Accommodation, organised by the European Disability Forum, the European Foundation Centre and the European Economic and Social Committee
The Employer’s Obligation of Non-Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation under the EU Framework Directive Business Obligations Towards People with Disabilities under EU and International Law
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Promoting Employment and Social Inclusion First regional conference of Baltic States and Finland on disability and human rights
EU Disability Non-Discrimination Law in Practice Annual Conference of the EU Network of Legal Experts on Non-Discrimination and the EU Network of Experts on Gender, entitled ‘Making Equality Rights work in Practice’
Disabled People and Barriers to Working Abroad European Commission’s Annual European Day of Disabled Persons Conference
Member of the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre delegation UN Conference of States Parties on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Journal Articles
(2011) Disability and Employment in the Equality Act 2010: Opportunities Seized, Lost and Generated In: Industrial Law Journal 40 (4) pp. 359 - 383 Oxford Journals
This article critically evaluates employment-related changes made by the Equality Act 2010 from a disability perspective. It identifies opportunities to enhance disability equality which were seized as well as those which were missed. Where relevant, these are held up for scrutiny through the lens of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, by which the UK is now bound. Two respects in which the Equality Act may fall short of that Convention’s demands are identified. In addition, the article draws attention to equality measures in the Act which are specific to disability. It is suggested that, by including these measures and highlighting their disability-specific application, the Act has generated fresh opportunities to open debate about whether such measures should be extended to other protected characteristics.
(2011) Reasonable Accommodation and Accessibility Obligations: Towards a More Unified European Approach? In: European Anti-Discrimination Law Review 11 pp. 11 - 21
(2010) Challenging Disabling Barriers to Information and Communication Technology in the Information Society: A United Kingdom Perspective In: Yearbook of European Disability Law and Policy
(2008) People with Psychosocial Impairments or Conditions, Reasonable Accommodation and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities In: Law In Context 26 pp. 62 - 84 Federation Press, New South Wales
(2007) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: New Era or False Dawn? In: Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 34 (2) pp. 563 - 619 Syracuse, NY: University of Syracuse
(2006) Disability, Degradation and Dignity: the Role of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights In: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 56 (4) pp. 462 - 491
(2004) Slopping out in Scotland: the limits of degradation and respect In: European Human Rights Law Review 6 pp. 645 - 659 Sweet & Maxwell
The practice of "slopping out" in the Scottish prison system is set in context. The case Napier v. Scottish Ministers is examined in relation to Arts. 3 and 8 ECHR as well as other case law, the development of the definition and the justifications advanced under Art.8(2). The article concludes by considering the impact of the Napier judgement on political pressure for prison reform.
(2003) Disabled People and European Human Rights: A Review of the Implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for Disabled Children and Adults in the UK by Luke Clements and Janet Read; Bristol: The Policy Press (2003) In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 25 pp. 307 - 309 Routledge
(2003) Droits des personnes handicapées en Europe: perspectives et échanges d’idées In: Handicap: Revue de Sciences Humanies et Sociales 100 pp. 59 - 66 CTNERHI - Centre Technique National d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Handicaps et les Inadaptations
(2003) Review of “Disabled People and European Human Rights: A Review of the Implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for Disabled Children and Adults in the UK” by L Clements and J Read; Bristol: The Policy Press (2003) In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 25 307-309 pp. 307 - 309
(2000) Selling, Letting and Managing Premises: New Rights for Disabled People? In: Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 64 pp. 128 - 154 Sweet & Maxwell
(2000) Selling, Letting and Managing Premises: New Rights for Disabled People In: Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 64 pp. 128 - 152 Sweet & Maxwell
(1998) Stories in Court: Videotaped Interviews and the Production of Children's Testimony In: Child and Family Law Quarterly 10 pp. 179 - 189 Jordan Publishing Ltd.
(1998) Stories in Court: Videotaped Interviews and the Production of Children's Testimony In: Child and Family Law Quarterly 10 pp. 179 - 189 Jordan Publishing Ltd.
(1996) Direct and Indirect Contributions to the Purchase Price of the Family Home In: Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 60 pp. 462 - 448 Sweet & Maxwell
(1996) The Things We do for Love: Detrimental Reliance in the Family Home In: Legal Studies 16 pp. 218 - 231 Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Part of the
(1996) Direct and Indirect Contributions to the Purchase Price of a Home In: Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 60 pp. 462 - 468 Sweet & Maxwell
(1996) The Things we do for Love: Detrimental Reliance in the Family Home In: Legal Studies 16 pp. 218 - 231 Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Part of the
(1995) O'Brien and its Legacy: Principle, Equity and Certainty? In: Cambridge Law Journal 54 pp. 280 - 289 Cambridge University Press
(1995) Gender, Sexuality and the Doctrine of Detrimental Reliance In: Feminist Legal Studies 3 pp. 105 - 121 Kluwer Academic Publishers
(1993) Whither the General Arrest Conditions? In: Criminal Law Review pp. 567 - 571 Sweet & Maxwell
(1992) Acquiring a Beneficial Interest in the Family Home In: Conveyancer pp. 218 - 223
(1991) Bankruptcy and the Family Home In: Conveyancer and Property Lawyer pp. 302 - 307 Sweet & Maxwell
Justifying Discrimination by Landlords Against Disabled Tenants In: Landlord & Tenant Review 2002 60-62
Reports
(2009) Disability Non-Discrimination Law in the European Union: A Thematic Report
(2008) Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities in Europe: Prinicples for the Identification and Use of Indicators
Contact Details
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- Email: a.m.m.lawson@leeds.ac.uk