Disability and Information Technology - A Comparative Study in Media Regulation

This book examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights.

List of contents

1. The regulation of ICTs for the pursuit of citizenship rights; 2. Case study: Canada; 3. Case study: the European Union; 4. Case study: the United Kingdom; 5. Case study: the United States of America; 6. Lessons to be learnt? Reflection on the case studies.

About the author

Eliza Varney is a Lecturer in the School of Law at Keele University. She completed her LLB at the University of Hull (1999), her LLM in Romania (2001) and her Ph.D. at the University of Hull (2006). Her publications include articles in the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Communications Law, the Utilities Law Review, Comparative Socio-Legal Research: Zeitschrift fur Rechtssoziologie, Script-ed, the Yearbook of Consumer Law and the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology.

Summary

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. The book adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Eliza Varney
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107502895
• ISBN: 978-1-107-50289-5
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Entertainment and media law, Disability and the law