Antidiscrimination Law and Social Equality

Antidiscrimination Law and Social Equality

Author: Andrew Koppelman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1998-09-10

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780300077254

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Arguing that although it is not the role of a liberal state to shape its citizens' beliefs, this work suggests that a moral code for the prevention of discrimination is needed. The text responds to objections to discrimination law from liberal theory, and outlines the moral principles it posits.


Comparative Perspectives on the Enforcement and Effectiveness of Antidiscrimination Law

Comparative Perspectives on the Enforcement and Effectiveness of Antidiscrimination Law

Author: Marie Mercat-Bruns

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-30

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 3319900684

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This book focuses on anti-discrimination law in order to identify commonalities and best practices across nations. Almost every nation in the world embraces the principle of equality and non-discrimination, in theory if not in practice. As the authors' expert contributions establish, the sources of the principle vary considerably, from international treaties to religious law, traditions and more. There are many approaches to methods of enforcement and other variables, but the principle is nearly universal. What does a comparison of the laws and approaches across different lands reveal? Readers may explore the enforcement and effectiveness of anti-discrimination law from 25 nations, across six continents. Esteemed authors examine national, regional and international systems looking for common and best practices, identifying innovative approaches to long-standing problems. The many ways that anti-discrimination law is enforced are brought to light, from criminal or civil prosecution through to community resolution processes, amongst others. Through comparing the approaches of different lands, the authors consider which methods of enforcement are effective. These enriching national and international perspectives highlight the need for more creative, concrete and coordinated means of enforcement to ensure the effectiveness of anti-discrimination law, regardless of the legal tradition concerned, but in light of these traditions. Readers will find each nation remarkable, and learn something new and interesting from each report.


Prejudicial Appearances

Prejudicial Appearances

Author: Robert C. Post

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2001-10-19

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0822381133

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In Prejudicial Appearances noted legal scholar Robert C. Post argues modern American antidiscrimination law should not be conceived as protecting the transcendental dignity of individual persons but instead as transforming social practices that define and sustain potentially oppressive categories like race or gender. Arguing that the prevailing logic of American antidiscrimination law is misleading, Post lobbies for deploying sociological understandings to reevaluate the antidiscrimination project in ways that would render the law more effective and just. Four distinguished commentators respond to Post’s provocative essay. Each adopts a distinctive perspective. K. Anthony Appiah investigates the philosophical logic of stereotyping and of equality. Questioning whether the law ought to endorse any social practices that define persons, Judith Butler explores the tension between sociological and postmodern approaches to antidiscrimination law. Thomas C. Grey examines whether Post’s proposal can be reconciled with the values of the rule of law. And Reva B. Siegel applies critical race theory to query whether antidiscrimination law’s reshaping of race and gender should best be understood in terms of practices of subordination and stratification. By illuminating the consequential rhetorical maneuvers at the heart of contemporary U.S. antidiscrimination law, Prejudical Appearances forces readers to reappraise the relationship between courts of law and social behavior. As such, it will enrich scholars interested in the relationships between law, rhetoric, postmodernism, race, and gender.


Discrimination as Stigma

Discrimination as Stigma

Author: Iyiola Solanke

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-12-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1782256385

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This monograph reconceptualises discrimination law as fundamentally concerned with stigma. Using sociological and socio-psychological theories of stigma, the author presents an 'anti-stigma principle', promoting it as a method to determine the scope of legal protection from discrimination. The anti-stigma principle recognises the role of institutional and individual action in the perpetuation of discrimination. Setting discrimination law within the field of public health, it frames positive action and intersectional discrimination as the norm in this field of law rather than the exception. In developing and applying this new theory for anti-discrimination law, the book draws upon case law from jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, as well as European law.


Intersectional Discrimination

Intersectional Discrimination

Author: Shreya Atrey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0192588834

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This book examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law. 'Intersectionality' was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. Thirty years since its conception, the term has become a buzzword in sociology, anthropology, feminist studies, psychology, literature, and politics. But it remains marginal in the discourse of discrimination law, where it was first conceived. Traversing its long and rich history of development, the book explains what intersectionality is as a theory and as a category of discrimination. It then explains what it takes for discrimination law to be reimagined from the perspective of intersectionality in reference to comparative laws in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, India, and the jurisprudence of the European Courts (CJEU and ECtHR) and international human rights treaty bodies.


Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction

Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction

Author: Beth Gaze

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-11-24

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1107432251

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Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction adopts a groundbreaking approach in its delivery of equality and discrimination law principles. It analyses equality as a goal of the law, and acknowledges that to prevent discrimination modern laws must challenge the beliefs, practices, systems and structures that enable it.


Employment Discrimination Law

Employment Discrimination Law

Author: Robert Belton

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 1080

ISBN-13:

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Reflecting the dominate theme of workplace equality, the authors go beyond this general consensus to affirm that the fundamental purpose of laws prohibiting employment discrimination is to implement the national civil rights policy. Organized around an examination of the reach and limits of laws, the book scrutinizes the federal statutory protection against employment discrimination. Constitutional provisions and state laws are included where appropriate. In addition, this new edition extensively uses scholarship drawn from the work of critical race theorists and feminist legal scholars. It also has materials on the law and economics approach to employment discrimination.


Discrimination at Work

Discrimination at Work

Author: Marie Mercat-Bruns

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2016-02-22

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0520283805

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Consists of interviews with American professors.


Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU

Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU

Author: Giovanni Zaccaroni

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-02-26

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1789904609

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Discussing the fundamental role played by equality and non-discrimination in the EU legal order, this insightful book explores the positive and negative elements that have contributed to the consolidation of the process of EU legal integration. It provides an in-depth analysis of the three key dimensions of equality in the EU: equality as a value, equality as a principle and equality as a right.