Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law

Hellman, Deborah. (Author). Moreau, Sophia. (Added Author).

Summary: How do we understand and justify the particular partialities that discrimination law tries to protect against? Are different discrimination laws from around the world grounded in a single set of norms? And does discrimination law fail to treat people as individuals?The philosophical study around discrimination law in the private and public sector is a relatively young field of inquiry. This is owing to the fact that anti-discrimination laws are relatively new. It is arguably only since the Second World War that these rights have been adopted by countries in a broad sense, ensuring that all cit.

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ISBN: 0199664315
ISBN: 9780199664313
ISBN: 0191641294
ISBN: 9780191641299
ISBN: 0191641308
ISBN: 9780191641305
Physical Description: 1 online resource (605 pages)
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Publisher: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2013.

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9. Racial and other Asymmetries: A Problem for the Protected Categories Framework for Anti-discrimination ThoughtIII. THEORETICAL LESSONS DERIVED FROM PRACTICE; 10. Treating People as Individuals; 11. Quotas and Consequences: A Transnational Re-evaluation; 12. Indirect Discrimination and the Anti-discrimination Mandate; 13. Is Disability Discrimination Different?; Index; Footnotes; Ch01fn; Ch02fn; Ch03fn; Ch04fn; Ch05fn; Ch06fn; Ch07fn; Ch08fn; Ch09fn; Ch10fn; Ch11fn; Ch12fn; Ch13fn.

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