Comparative Discrimination Law

Laura Carlson is the Editor-in-Chief for this Brill Research Perspectives in Comparative Discrimination Law series. Laura is an associate professor at the School of Law, Stockholm University, and head of the labour law department. Her area of expertise is discrimination law. She has a BA in History, Carleton College, J.D., University of Minnesota, Ll.M (jur.kand.), Uppsala University, Doctor of Laws, Stockholm University, and has been a research fellow at the University of Oxford and Christ Church.

• ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsComparative Discrimination Law: Historical and Theoretical FrameworksLaura CarlsonIntroduction: Comparative Discrimination LawPart 1: Modern International Historical Developments as to Discrimination IssuesPart 2: The Europeanisation of Discrimination ProtectionsPart 3: Regional Human Rights Instruments and Discrimination ProtectionsPart 4: National Discrimination Legal Frameworks—The United StatesPart 5: National Discrimination Legal Frameworks—The United KingdomPart 6: National Discrimination Legal Frameworks—SwedenPart 7: Institutional and Theoretical FrameworksAppendix 1Reading List