A Theory of Discrimination Law
(Sprache: Englisch)
Adopting a novel approach to cut through several enduring controversies in discrimination law theory, this book provides a sophisticated doctrinal and philosophical treatment of the key questions of discrimination law. It argues that the real point of...
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Adopting a novel approach to cut through several enduring controversies in discrimination law theory, this book provides a sophisticated doctrinal and philosophical treatment of the key questions of discrimination law. It argues that the real point of discrimination law is to remove abiding, pervasive, and substantial relative group disadvantage.
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Marrying legal doctrine from five pioneering and conversant jurisdictions with contemporary political philosophy, this book provides a general theory of discrimination law. Part I gives a theoretically rigorous account of the identity and scope of discrimination law: what makes a legal norm a norm of discrimination law? What is the architecture of discrimination law? Unlike the approach popular with most textbooks, the discussion eschews list-based discussions of protected grounds, instead organising the doctrine in a clear thematic structure.This definitional preamble sets the agenda for the next two parts. Part II draws upon the identity and structure of discrimination law to consider what the point of this area of law is. Attention to legal doctrine rules out many answers that ideologically-entrenched writers have offered to this question. The real point of discrimination law, this Part argues, is to remove abiding, pervasive, and substantial relative group disadvantage. This objective is best defended on liberal rather than egalitarian grounds.
Having considered its overall purpose, Part III gives a theoretical account of the duties imposed by discrimination law. A common definition of the antidiscrimination duty accommodates tools as diverse as direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and reasonable accommodation. These different tools are shown to share a common normative concern and a single analytical structure. Uniquely in the literature, this Part also defends the imposition of these duties only to certain duty-bearers in specified contexts. Finally, the conditions under which affirmative action is justified are explained.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A Theory of Discrimination Law “
- 1: Introduction
- Part I: Scope and Definition
- 2: The Essence of Discrimination Law
- 3: The Architecture of Discrimination Law
- Part II: Point and Purpose
- 4: A Good Life
- 5: The Point of Discrimination Law
- Part III: Designing the Duties
- 6: The Antidiscrimination Duty
- 7: The Duty-Bearers
- 8: Affirmative Action
- 9: Conclusion
Autoren-Porträt von Tarunabh Khaitan
Dr Tarun Khaitan is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and the Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College. His teaching and research interests cover legal theory, public law, and human rights.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tarunabh Khaitan
- 2015, 288 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199656967
- ISBN-13: 9780199656967
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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Tarunabh Khaitan's A Theory of Discrimination Law is an excellent contribution to a burgeoning literature on the conceptual and normative foundations of discrimination law. Indeed, its ambitious scope and the careful argumentation it contains make it one of the best in the field. Deborah Hellman, Ethics
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