Date: 2022
Type: Article
Book review : Barbara Havelková and Mathias Möschel (eds), Anti-discrimination law in civil law jurisdictions (Oxford University Press 2019)
European journal of legal studies, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 279-291
AYADA, Sophia, Book review : Barbara Havelková and Mathias Möschel (eds), Anti-discrimination law in civil law jurisdictions (Oxford University Press 2019) , European journal of legal studies, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 279-291
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74747
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
In a context of mistrust towards theories of intersectionality and post-colonial studies perceived as emanations of “other” legal cultures , the publication of Anti-Discrimination Law in Civil Law Jurisdictions is particularly timely. Indeed, suspicion towards “new theories” of equality often comes from the impression that, on the one hand, they are pure Anglo-Saxon legal productions, and that on the other, intersectionality and post-colonial studies cannot or should not be transferred into civil law systems. Against this backdrop, its collection of essays unpacks and contextualizes the assumptions of otherness that can target antidiscrimination law. This one-of-a-kind volume indeed explores how anti-discrimination laws 'fare and fit' in civil law contexts, and factors influencing their (lack of) suitability. Starting from the premise that anti-discrimination law is indeed seen as a product of common law, this collection of essays 'aims to answer the question, analytically and critically, of whether and which specific issues arise when anti-discrimination law meets the civil law jurisdictions of continental Europe'. Each chapter focuses on one or several legal regimes and develops its key features that eventually lead to strengthen or limit anti-discrimination law.
Additional information:
Published in EJLS online first Vol. 14, No. 1 in late July 2022
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74747
Full-text via DOI: 10.2924/EJLS.2022.018
ISSN: 1973-2937
External link: https://ejls.eui.eu/