An African Path to Disability Justice

Proposes an African-inspired legal philosophy of disability justice Draws on a wide array of historic and contemporary multidisciplinary sources, including journal articles, laws, policy reports and theses Contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of African legal philosophy

Autorentext

Oche Onazi is a lecturer in law at the University of Southampton and an International Social Research Foundation Early Career Research Fellow. He holds degrees from the Universities of Edinburgh (Ph.D.), Warwick (LL.M.) and Jos (LL.B.) and is a qualified (but non-practicing) barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Oche s research interests cover areas of legal philosophy, law and development and human rights. He is the author of Human Rights from Community: A Rights-Based Approach to Development, published by Edinburgh University Press in June 2013 and editor of African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems, published by Springer in 2014. He has also published articles in the journals Law and Critique; Law, Social Justice & Global Development; Global Jurist; and the International Journal of Law in Context.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: African Scholarship and the Neglect of Disability.- Chapter 2. Africa in Disability Justice, Legal and Political Theory.- Chapter 3. Human Rights and Disability Justice in Africa.- Chapter 4. Towards an African Legal Theory of Disability Justice.- Chapter 5. From African Legal Theory to Practice: A Bill of Responsibilities.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.