European union as protector and promoter of equality

European union as protector and promoter of equality /

This book considers the European Union as a project with a major antidiscrimination goal, which is important to remember at a time of increasing resentment against particularly exposed groups, especially migrants, refugees, members of ethnic or religious minorities and LGBTI persons. While equality...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Series:European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World ; 1
Subjects:
Equality before the law > European Union countries
Equality > European Union countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Is the European Union a Credible Protagonist of Equality in Europe and the Wider World?
  • Part I Equality as a Fundamental Value of the EU
  • Are Equality and Non-Discrimination Part of the EUs Constitutional Identity?
  • Equality and Non-Discrimination as an Integral Part of the EU Constitutional Identity
  • The Political Dimensions of Equality in the European Union: Equality of Union Citizens and Equality of Member States in a Supranational Representative Democracy
  • The Protection and Promotion of Language Equality in the EU: Gaps, Paradoxes, and Double Standards
  • Part II The EU as Protector of Equality: General Part of EU Antidiscrimination Law
  • Uniformity or Variation: Should the CJEU 'Carry Over its Gender Equality Approach to the Post-2000 Equality Grounds?
  • Non-Discrimination, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights: Who Takes the Lead?
  • Has the EU Taken Comprehensive and Coherent Action to Combat Discrimination?
  • The Coherence of EU Antidiscrimination Law: A Look at its Systemic Approach in Light of Relational Grounds of Discrimination and Collective Norms in Employment
  • Genuine and Determining Occupational Requirement as an Exception to the Prohibition of Discrimination in EU Law
  • The Concept of "Genuine and Determining Occupational Requirements" in EU Equality Law: A Critical Approach
  • Making Antidiscrimination Law Effective: Burden of Proof, Remedies and Sanctions in Discrimination Cases
  • Substantive Formal Equality in EU Non-Discrimination Law
  • A Quite Peculiar Example of Positive Action: The New Directive on Work-Life Balance
  • Part III Selected Special Issues of Antidiscrimination Law
  • The European Union as a Protector and Promoter of Equality: Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • Overweight and Obesity as Novel Grounds of Discrimination
  • Non-ideal Weight Discrimination in EU Law
  • The Impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Person s with Disabilities on EU Anti-Discrimination Law
  • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and EU Disability Law: Towards a Converging Vision of Equality?
  • Age Discrimination as a Bone of Contention in the EU
  • Age Discrimination as a Bone of Contention in the EU: A Psychological Perspective
  • Part IV The EU as Promoter of Equality: Inside and Outside Perspective
  • The EUs Law and Policy Framework for the Promotion of Gender Equality in the World
  • From Hierarchy to Dialogue: EU-Africa Exchange on the Right to Equality and the Prohibition of Discrimination by Religious Organisations
  • European Anti-Discrimination Law: The American Perspective
  • The European Union as Promoter of Equality in Asia: Beyond Economic Tools of Influence.

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