1st Edition
The Right to Equality in European Human Rights Law The Quest for Substance in the Jurisprudence of the European Courts
By Charilaos Nikolaidis
Copyright 2015
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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A 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... Read more
Introduction 1. Equality and the Quest for Substance 2. Substantive Equality in the European Court of Human Rights 3. Substantive Equality in the European Court of Justice 4. Defining Substance in European Equality Law Conclusion
Biography
Charilaos Nikolaidis holds an LLB (Hons) from City University London, an LLM (Hons) from University College London and a PhD in law from the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, where he also taught public law for several years. Dr Nikolaidis currently practices law in Greece.
