Discrimination as Stigma

A Theory of Anti-discrimination Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5099-2982-5
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

This monograph reconceptualises discrimination law as fundamentally concerned with stigma. Using sociological and socio-psychological theories of stigma, the author presents an 'anti-stigma principle', promoting it as a method to determine the scope of legal protection from discrimination. The anti-stigma principle recognises the role of institutional and individual action in the perpetuation of discrimination. Setting discrimination law within the field of public health, it frames positive action and intersectional discrimination as the norm in this field of law rather than the exception. In developing and applying this new theory for anti-discrimination law, the book draws upon case law from jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, as well as European law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Solanke, Iyiola

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

I. Construction of the Anti-stigma Principle

II. Application of the Anti-stigma Principle

1. Stigma

I. Defining Stigma

II. Erwin Goffman and Stigma

III. The Process of Stigmatisation

IV. Developments in the Theory of Stigma

V. Power

VI. Conclusion

2. Legal Protection from Discrimination

I. Introduction

II. Equality and Inequality in Political Philosophy

III. The Anti-discrimination Principle in International Law

IV. Closed Lists

V. Open Lists

VI. Dignity, Immutability and the Anti-discrimination Principle

VII. The Limits of Dignity

VIII. The Idea of Immutability

IX. Conclusion

3. Stigma and Litigation

I. Goffman in Legal Scholarship

II. Litigation in Europe

III. Conclusion

4. The Anti-stigma Principle

I. Linking Interpersonal and Structural Stigma

II. Models of Stigma and Public Health

III. The Discrimination Virus
IV. Conclusion

5. Public Action to Combat Discrimination

I. Tackling a Public Health Virus: The Ebola Outbreak of 2014

II. The Transmission of Stigma

III. Positive Action and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)

IV. Public Action to Tackle the Virus of Discrimination

V. Conclusion

6. Stigma, Synergy and Intersectionality
I. Understanding Intersectional Discrimination

II. Categorisation in Anti-discrimination Law
III. Addressing Intersectional Discrimination

IV. Applying Intersectional Discrimination

V. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Solanke, Iyiola
Iyiola Solanke is Professor of European Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds, and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple.

Iyiola Solanke is Professor in EU Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple.