{"product_id":"appearance-disability-and-the-law-appearance-disability-and-the-law-hardback-9781009605045","title":"Appearance, Disability and the Law; Appearance, Disability and the Law (Hardback) 9781009605045","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAppearance, Disability and the Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAppearance, Disability and the Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn original analysis of the law on disfigurement equality in employment and across other life contexts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHannah Saunders (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009605045, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 1.8 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePeople with disfigurements often face prejudice, exclusion and discrimination in employment and across other life contexts. Law's response to this evidence is flawed both by its own limited and illogical scope and its failure to understand the perspectives of those people who may need to use it. Drawing on interviews with both people with lived experience of disfigurement and employers, the book sketches out different approaches to the complex social problem of discrimination against people with visible differences. It also asks whether, in our changing social context, law should widen its protection beyond disfigurement.  Would a protected characteristic of appearance offer viable legal rights to the many millions of us who do not have a disfigurement but who are prone to a few spots, whose ears stick out more than we would like, or who are carrying an extra stone in weight?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Law's response to disfigurement inequality\u003cbr\u003e 3. Law's limited ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 4. The lived experience of visible difference\u003cbr\u003e 5. Disfigurement equality at work: employer perspectives\u003cbr\u003e 6. Defining disfigurement\u003cbr\u003e 7. Severity and complexity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Law and social change: are we expecting too much?\u003cbr\u003e 9. Alternative approaches in law and policy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Beyond disfigurement\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Model of good practice\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Empirical study information\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medical \u0026amp; healthcare law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medical \u0026amp; healthcare law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medical%20\u0026amp;%20healthcare%20law%20%5BLNTM%5D%22\"\u003eLNTM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415669240088,"sku":"9781009605045","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009605045i.jpg?v=1784421550","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/appearance-disability-and-the-law-appearance-disability-and-the-law-hardback-9781009605045","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}