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Disability Law Research

May 2008
Updated by Paul Hellyer

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Primary Sources

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Web Sites

Some resources on this page are subscription databases that require a W&M ID and password for off-campus access.  See Off-Campus Access to Library Resources for more information.

Lexis and Westlaw require individual IDs and passwords for both off-campus and on-campus access.

Library Materials

Library Catalog

To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the online catalog.

Search Tips:

  • Subject Query: 'people with disabilities'
  • Individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. 'people with disabilities' and Virginia

To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database.

Shelf Browsing

To browse the library's shelves for books on disability law, look in or around call number KF480 or KF3469.


Primary Sources

Americans with Disabilities Act

42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.

Disability Law in the United States: A Legislative History of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, 6 vols. (Bernard D. Reams ed., 1992)
   KF480 .A32 A15 1992 (STACKS) Hein Online

Family and Medical Leave Act

29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 [Legislative History], 6 vols. (Covington & Burling ed., 1993)
   Hein Online

Rehabilitation Act

29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq.

Court & Administrative Decisions

Americans with Disabilities Cases (BNA)
   KF3415 .B60 (STACKS) BNA

National Disability Law Reporter
   KF3469 .A6 N37 (STACKS, Volumes 18-24 only) Lexis

Treatises


Americans with Disabilities Act Manual (BNA)
   BNA

Americans with Disabilities: Practice and Compliance Manual, 6 vols. (C. Angela Van Etten ed. 1992)
   KF480 .A6 A57 (STACKS) Westlaw

Peter David Blanck, Disability Civil Rights Law and Policy (2004)
   KF480 .D58 2004 (RESERVES)

Michael Faillace, Disability Law Deskbook: the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Workplace (2000)
   KF3469 .A75 F34 2000 (STACKS)  Westlaw

Gary S. Marx, Disability Law Compliance Manual (2nd ed. 1998)
   Westlaw

Maureen F. Moore, ADA Compliance Manual for Employers (3rd ed. 2005)
   KF3469 .M66 2005 (STACKS)

Henry H. Perritt, Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook, 2 vols. (4th ed. 2003)
   KF3469 .P47 2003 (STACKS)  Loislaw

Laura F. Rothstein, Disabilities and the Law (3rd ed. 2006)
   KF480 .R67 2006 (STACKS)

Bonnie P. Tucker & Bruce A. Goldstein, Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Analysis of Federal Law, 2 vols. (1991)
   KF480 .T82 1991 (STACKS)


Periodicals

Periodical Indexes and Databases

Index to Legal Periodicals

ILP is a multi-volume print resource providing subject and author indexing.  The volumes are not cumulative.

Coverage: 1770-2000.  No longer updated by library.

Location: ZZ66 .I534 (REFERENCE)

Legal Trac

Legal Trac is an electronic database that indexes articles from law reviews, bar association publications, legal magazines and legal newspapers.  Some articles are provided in full text.

Coverage: 1980-present.

Suggested subject queries:

  • Disabled Persons
  • Disabled Children
  • Mentally Disabled Persons
  • Physically Disabled Persons
  • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Selected Periodicals on Disability Law

ADA Update
   Westlaw

Disability Law Report
   Westlaw

Disabilities Newsletter
  BNA

Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter
   Hein Online

Web Sites

ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
This site offers news, a directory of disability lawyers, and information for law students.

ADA Home Page

This site, created by the U.S. Justice Dept., has links to federal agencies that handle different aspects of the ADA and offers government publications explaining the ADA. Information about new and proposed regulations is also provided.

Deparment of Labor FMLA Page

Provides links to primary sources and explanatory material relating to the Family and Medical Leave Act.


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