Right to Equality in European Human Rights Law

Name: Right to Equality in European Human Rights Law
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Right to Equality in European Human Rights LawThe Quest for Substance in the Jurisprudence of the European Courts\nAuthor(s): Charilaos Nikolaidis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138687646, 978-1138687646\nSynopsis\nA right to equality and non-discrimination is widely seen as fundamental in democratic legal systems. But failure to identify the human interest that equality aims to uphold reinforces the argument of those who attack it as morally empty or unsubstantiated and weakens its status as a fundamental human right. This book argues that an understanding of the human interest which equality aims to uphold is feasible within the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ).\n\nIn comparing the evolution of the prohibition of discrimination in the case-law of both Courts, Charilaos Nikolaidis demonstrates that conceptual convergence within the Europea.