Legal Analysis of Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, Memorandum on the Application of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to Persons with AIDS.

Presents an overview and legal analysis of a Justice Department memorandum which asserts that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination based on the disabling effects of AIDS and related conditions, but does not cover discrimination based on fear of contagion because an individu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	AIDS (Disease) Judge-made law. Discrimination against people with disabilities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Presents an overview and legal analysis of a Justice Department memorandum which asserts that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination based on the disabling effects of AIDS and related conditions, but does not cover discrimination based on fear of contagion because an individual's ability to transmit the disease is not a handicap.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.