Discrimination, Equality and the Law.
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- 9781782252009
- 323.42
- K3250
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1 'Equality', 'Discrimination' and the Law: an Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- The Legal Framework -- The Equality Act 2010 -- EU Law -- Human Rights Act 1998/Article 14 -- The Common Law -- 'Equality' and 'Discrimination' -- 'Formal' and 'Substantive' Equality -- Dignity and Equality -- Alternative Conceptions of Equality -- 2 Defining the Protected Characteristics -- Introduction -- The US Equal Protection Clause: the Roots of the Ground-Based Approach -- Canada: 'Enumerated' and 'Analogous' Grounds -- Choosing Grounds: Avoiding Essentialism -- Challenging a Grounds-Based Approach -- 'Status' and Inequality -- Avoiding Over-Stretch -- Competing Private Interests -- Reconsidering 'Protected Characteristics' -- 3 'Equality' and '(A)symmetry' -- Introduction -- International Comparisons -- Canada -- South Africa -- The EU -- The United States -- A Question of Principle? -- 'Groups', 'Discrimination' and Disadvantage -- Anti-Essentialist Asymmetry -- Conclusion -- 4 The Evolution of Equality Law -- Introduction -- Domestic Law -- 'Likeness' as a Method of Rationing: a Canadian Alternative? -- Developments in the European Court of Human Rights -- 5 Competing Equalities -- Introduction -- The Legal Framework: Domestic -- The Legal Framework: The European Convention on Human Rights -- Religious Wars? Religion, Belief and Conflict -- Defending the Indefensible? -- Bending the Equality Act Out of Shape? -- The European Convention: A 'Religious Right' to Discriminate? -- Discrimination Because of the Beliefs of Others: A Convention Right? -- Domestic Law, Discrimination and Religion/Belief -- What Room for Protection of Individual Belief? -- The Case for Limited Statutory Regulation of 'Religious' Discrimination.
Religious Collectives: The Scope of Exemptions -- 6 Multiculturalism and Equality -- Introduction -- 'Multiculturalism' -- Multiculturalism and Equality -- Striking a Balance? The Example of Religious Family 'Law' -- The Privatisation of Family Law -- Conclusions -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
This monograph explores some of the conceptual issues which underpin the legal disputes which arise in relation to equality and discrimination.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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