The European Union as Protector and Promoter of Equality
In: European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World 1
In: Springer eBook Collection
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 EU's 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 Persons 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 EU's 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.