Law and dis/abilities

Expressive Law and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Elderly Victims; Disabilities and Protections

Introduction and purpose: Population aging in Iran is on a steep pace, however, there is still insufficient planning and focus in this area and the regulation of elderly affairs is not adequately supported. An analysis of the current situation and the future outlook suggests that there are disabilities in the present, and that the complexity and challenges of the future will be compounded and e...

Weak-Minded Responsibility in Iranian Criminal Law and Egyptian Law

In Iran's criminal law, humans are not only divided into wise or insane they are also persons who, on the one hand, do not fall under Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code in the definition of insane persons and on the other hand, they are not wise, the rational age of these people is lower than their child's physical age that Affected by mental disorder and mental retardation. Article 91 of th...

[The law of quotas for people with disabilities in Brazilian companies: the impact and possible alternatives].

This paper consists of a theoretical analysis of the impact of the Brazilian law establishing quotas for people with disabilities in companies with one hundred or more employees, as well as the possible impact of some alternative legal measures: incentives (fiscal incentives and tradable rights) and information disclosure policies. The analysis is based on work regarding the efficacy of legal n...

Lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy and learning disabilities, as defined by disability-related civil rights law.

PURPOSE Epilepsy research has identified higher rates of learning disorders in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, most studies have not adequately assessed complex functional adult learning skills, such as reading comprehension and written language. We designed this study to evaluate our predictions that higher rates of reading comprehension, written language, and calculation ...