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Disability rights activists in the Supreme Court of Canada: legal mobilization theory and accommodating social movements

L. Vanhala

Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol.42, 2009, p. 981-1002

Litigation by social movement organisations is now a well-established form of collective action in Canada. This article provides an overview of the litigation activity of four key disability rights organisations before the Supreme Court of Canada between 1985 and 2007.