European Union Non-Discrimination Law: Comparative Perspectives on Multidimensional Equality Law

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds. This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality. The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies.

Introduction: 1. Dagmar Schiek: From EU Non-Discrimination Law towards Multidimensional Equality Law for Europe Part 1: Assessing Legal Responses to Multidimensional Equality 2. Ruth Nielsen: Is EU Equality Law Capable of Addressing Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination Yet? 3. Oddny Mjöll Arnadòttir: Multidimensional Equality from Within - Themes from the European Convention of Human Rights 4. Sandra Fredman: Positive Rights and Duties: Addressing Intersectionality Part 2: Theorising Intersectionality from Different Disciplinary Angles 5. Ulrike M. Vieten: Intersectionality Scope and Multidimensional Equality within the European Union: Traversing National Boundaries of Inequality? 6. Iyiola Solanke: Stigma: A limiting principle allowing multi-consciousness in anti-discrimination law? 7. Morag Goodwin: Multidimensional Exclusion: Viewing Romani Marginalisation through the Nexus of Race and Poverty 8. Michael Orton / Peter Ratcliffe: From single to multi-dimensional approaches to equalities: the example of contract compliance Part 3: Comparative Approaches to Multidimensional Equality Law in Europe 9. Kevat Nousiainen: Utility based equality and disparate diversities - from a Finnish perspective 10. Susanne Burri / Sacha Prechal: Comparative Approaches to Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination in Europe 11. Kristina Koldinska: Multidimensional Equality in the Czech and Slovak Republics 12. Sylvaine Laulom: French Legal Approaches to Equality and Discrimination for Intersecting Grounds with a Focus on Labour Law 13. Hege Skjeie: Reorganising Institutions for Addressing Multiple Discrimination Part 4: A Symbol of Intersectionality in Legal Discourse - The Headscarf Enigma 14 . Titia Loenen: The Headscarf Debate: Approaching the Intersection of Sex, Religion, and Race under the ECHR and EC Equality Law 15. Lynn Roseberry: Religion, Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Danish Headscarf Debate 16. Ute Sacksofsky: Religion and Equality in Germany - the Headscarf Debate from a Constitutional Perspective