Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Disability studies, the social model and legal developments / Rannveig Traustadóttir -- Future prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord -- A future of multidimensional disadvantage equality? / Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir -- From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson -- Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington -- The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davíđ Pór Björgvinsson -- Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide -- General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? / Holger Kallehauge -- Resisting the 'temptation of elegance' : can the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities socialise states to right behaviour? / Gerard Quinn -- The implementation of the UN convention and the development of economical and social rights as human rights / Brynhildur G. Flóvenz -- The UN convention in Nordic domestic law : lessons learned from other treaties / Ragnhildur Helgadóttir.