The crumbling public/private divide

Horizontality in European anti-discrimination law

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7724932
AutoresBruno De Witte (0000-0002-4034-5893, European University Institute, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume13
Fascículo5
Páginas515-525
Data de publicação2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621020903174670
OpenAlexW2066568126
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas14

The European Union has conducted, during the last decade, an active policy of adopting anti-discrimination directives that aim at ensuring greater convergence between member-state laws in this domain. One aspect of this evolution is that the relevant EU legislation forces some states to reconsider their traditional view that fundamental rights should be binding and enforceable only against state authorities and not against private bodies and individuals. This Europe-driven ‘horizontalization’ of anti-discrimination law is a major challenge for many national legal systems and contributes to the emergence of new but not uncontroversial conceptions of inclusive citizenship

Citizenship · Economics · European union · International trade · Law and economics · Legislation · Member state · Member states · Political science · Sociology · Discrimination and Equality Law · Gender Politics and Representation · Human Rights and Development · Law