The panel explores the challenges faced by public institutions in dealing with abortion regulation. David Kenny will address the ongoing debate on the repeal of the 8th Amendment of the Irish constitution; Antonia Baraggia will compare the current abortion regulation in US and Europe under a constitutional point of view, arguing that federalism may be...
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OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN ASIA
This panel brings together a selection of chapters from the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia, which covers East Asia, Southeast Asia, and much of South Asia from a regional and interdisciplinary perspective.
TOWARDS EVER MORE EFFECTIVITY IN ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW? TECHNICAL AND THEORETICAL INNOVATIONS IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
The question of discrimination has been a point of convergence for clashing societal demands. Claims for identity and diversity accommodation have met increasing opposition in the form of assimilationist discourses on security and dignity. Due to its balancing function, antidiscrimination law has been on the frontline of these debates, crystallising questions over its scope, purpose...
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PRINCIPLE
Recent years have seen a rise in the importance of religion in both the private and the public spheres, as well as an increase in demands for full equality by disempowered groups such as women and gays. The combined effect of these two phenomena has been an escalation in the conflict between claims of religious...
Feminism and Family Leave
This Essay explores the dynamics between parental leave policies and the enforcement of legal equality in the United States and other jurisdictions. In so doing, it clarifies and redefines a feminist jurisprudence of family leave. A feminist approach to family leave should advance a substantive vision of gender equality, ‘a more egalitarian relationship at home...