1st Edition

Headscarves and the Court of Justice of the European Union An Analysis of the Case Law

By Erica Howard Copyright 2024
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

This book contains an in-depth examination of the Islamic headscarf cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and places these against the background of the Islamophobia existing across Europe. It assesses how EU law can best protect women who want to wear headscarves at work for religious reasons and why this protection is important not only for the women themselves but also for... Read more

1. General and Legal Background;  2 . Achbita and Bougnaoui;  3. Wabe and Müller, LF v. SCRL and OP v. Commune d’Ans;  4. Direct and Indirect discrimination;  5. Justification;  6. Gender and racial and ethnic origin discrimination;  7. Multiple discrimination;  8. Conclusion;

Biography

Erica Howard is Professor of Law, Middlesex University, UK