European union as protector and promoter of equality. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Giegerich, editor.
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (502 pages)
• Subjects: 342.24085; Equality before the law -- European Union countries; Equality -- European Union countries; Equality; Equality before the law; European Union countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030437640
• Related ISBNs: 9783030437633
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