Discrimination, equality and the law
By: Aileen McColgan
Series: Human rights law in perspective -- volume 19; Human rights law in perspective -- v. 19.
Publisher: Hart Publishig
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom; Portland, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781841134413
Subjects: Equality before the law; Discrimination; Law and legislation
Description: This monograph explores some of the conceptual questions which underpin the legal disputes which arise in relation to equality and discrimination. Among these are questions about the meaning of 'equality' as a legal concept and its relationship to the principle of non-discrimination; symmetrical and asymmetrical approaches to equality/non-discrimination; the role of comparators in discrimination/equality analysis; the selection of protected characteristics and the proper sphere of statutory and constitutional protections, and the scope for and regulation of potential conflicts between protected grounds. The author engages with domestic, EU and ECtHR case law as well as with wider international approaches
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Equality', 'discrimination' and the law : an introduction --; title: Defining the protected characteristics --; title: 'Equality' and '(a)symmetry' --; title: The evolution of equality law --; title: Competing equalities --; title: Multiculturalism and equality.