Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables

Introduction: Walking Through the Looking Glass, Delia Ferri and Eva S. Krolla

PART I
PROLEGOMENA AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

1. The Voices and the Choir: The Importance of a Contextual Analysis of EU Actors’ Roles, Annalisa Volpato

2. Studying the Role of Legal Actors in EU Law: An Outline, Urška Šadl

3. The Surge of EU Disability Policy: Historical Developments, Current Issues and the Role of Different Actors, Anne Waldschmidt and Eva S. Krolla

PART II
THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS IN SHAPING EU DISABILITY LAW

4. The Role of the European Commission in Shaping EU Disability Law: A Driver with the Brakes Put On?, Eva S. Krolla

5. The EU Legislative Institutions and Disability Rights: Uncovering the Factors that Block Progress and Offering Insights for Future Advocacy, Ollie Bartlett

6. The Role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Protecting Disability Rights, Bernardo Cortese

7. National Courts as ‘Actors’ in the Preliminary Reference Procedure, Charles E. O’Sullivan

8. The Role of the European Ombudsman in Protecting and Promoting Disability Rights, Delia Ferri

9. The Role of the Fundamental Rights Agency in Advancing Disability Rights within the EU, Gabriel N. Toggenburg

PART III
THE ROLE OF NON-INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS IN SHAPING EU DISABILITY LAW

10. The Role of the European Disability Forum and Disability Organisations in Shaping EU Disability Policy, Claudia Coveney

11. The Path is Made by Walking … The Social Partners and Employment Rights under EU Disability Law, Michael Doherty

12. The Role of Academics in Shaping EU Disability Law: Some Personal Reflections, Lisa Waddington

13. The Role of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Nudging the EU towards Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Silvia Favalli

Epilogue, Bruno de Witte

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