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Equality Law (equality + law)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Law and Criminology83%

Selected Abstracts

The State of Gender Equality Law in the European Union

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 2 2007
Annick Masselot
As a fundamental right, the principle of gender equality is to apply in all areas of EU law. Its scope has been extended to the access to and supply of goods and services and, according to the European Court of Justice, to the Third Pillar. Despite efforts to render the principle visible and accessible, a number of provisions remain unclear and contradictory. The contribution of external actors in this field is set to help safeguarding and enhancing the Community gender equality acquis. [source]

Ideologies of Motherhood in European Community Sex Equality Law

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 1 2000
Clare McGlynn
This article argues that, in a series of cases from Hofmann in the mid-1980s to Hill and Stapleton in 1998, the Court of Justice has reproduced, and thereby legitimated, a traditional vision of motherhood and the role of women in the family, and in society generally. This vision, characterised as the ,dominant ideology of motherhood', limits the potential of the Community's sex equality legislation to bring about real improvements in the lives of women. Accordingly, far from alleviating discrimination against women, the Court's jurisprudence is reinforcing traditional assumptions which inhibit women's progress. It is argued that the Court should reject the dominant ideology of motherhood and utilise its interpretative space to pursue a more progressive and liberating rendering of women and men's relationships and obligations to each other and their children. [source]

Making Sense of Equality Law: A Review of the Hepple Report

THE MODERN LAW REVIEW, Issue 5 2001
Joanna Harrington
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An Assessment of the Recast of Community Equality Laws

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 2 2007
Noreen Burrows
It examines the meaning and significance of the recast technique itself and considers the rationale for applying the recast to certain, but not all, of the equality Directives. The article attempts a first-level analysis of the main issues arising from the recast in terms of the substance of Community gender discrimination law. It is also argued that the recast has the potential to improve Community equality law and not just in terms of readability. [source]

The Road is Long: Thirty Years of Equality Legislation in Britain

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 3 2007
Linda Dickens
This article critically reflects upon the development of British employment equality law, tracking a positive yet hesitant, uneven and incomplete trajectory from anti-discrimination towards equality, and from piecemeal and patchwork coverage towards inclusiveness, integration and intersectionality. It argues that the opportunities provided by the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights and the proposed Single Equality Act should be taken to address remaining weaknesses in the legislative equality package and the limitations in enforcement approaches which the article highlights. [source]