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Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law
Title:
Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law
Author:
Hellman, Deborah.
ISBN:
9780191641305

9780191641299
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Publication Information:
Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (605 pages).
Series:
Philosophical Foundations of Law

Philosophical foundations of law.
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; I. WHAT MAKES DISCRIMINATION WRONG?; 1. Dignity, Equality, and Comparison; 2. Two Faces of Discrimination; 3. Equality and Unconstitutional Discrimination; 4. In Defense of a Liberty-based Account of Discrimination; 5. Discrimination, Disparate Impact, and Theories of Justice; II. PROBLEMS OF CONSTRUCTING A THEORY OF WRONGFUL DISCRIMINATION; 6. Concrete or Abstract Conceptions of Discrimination?; 7. Prelude to a Theory of Discrimination Law; 8. Is There a Unitary Concept of Discrimination?

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.
Abstract:
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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