Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law

Following two cases of the dismissal of Muslim women workers for wearing the Islamic veil at the workplace, the Court of Justice has analyzed the impact of anti-discrimination law on religious freedom and freedom of enterprise. In the present work, departing from the analysis of the Judgments of the...

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Main Author: Pablo Nuevo López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Deusto 2017-12-01
Series:Estudios de Deusto
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Online Access:https://revista-estudios.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/1386
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description Following two cases of the dismissal of Muslim women workers for wearing the Islamic veil at the workplace, the Court of Justice has analyzed the impact of anti-discrimination law on religious freedom and freedom of enterprise. In the present work, departing from the analysis of the Judgments of the Luxembourg Court examines the Court’s position on some relevant issues of the theory of fundamental rights, especially the question about their horizontal effect. Received: 18 July 2017 Accepted: 28 November 2017 Published online: 27 December 2017
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spelling doaj.art-96f4ad57da8b403f83afab24768179b82022-12-21T19:47:08ZengUniversidad de DeustoEstudios de Deusto0423-48472386-90622017-12-0165210.18543/ed-65(2)-2017pp389-4041262Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union LawPablo Nuevo LópezFollowing two cases of the dismissal of Muslim women workers for wearing the Islamic veil at the workplace, the Court of Justice has analyzed the impact of anti-discrimination law on religious freedom and freedom of enterprise. In the present work, departing from the analysis of the Judgments of the Luxembourg Court examines the Court’s position on some relevant issues of the theory of fundamental rights, especially the question about their horizontal effect. Received: 18 July 2017 Accepted: 28 November 2017 Published online: 27 December 2017https://revista-estudios.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/1386Religious freedomfundamental rightsanti-discrimination lawhorizontal effect of fundamental rights.
spellingShingle Pablo Nuevo López
Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
Estudios de Deusto
Religious freedom
fundamental rights
anti-discrimination law
horizontal effect of fundamental rights.
title Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
title_full Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
title_fullStr Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
title_full_unstemmed Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
title_short Anti-discrimination law, religious freedom and relations between individuals in European Union Law
title_sort anti discrimination law religious freedom and relations between individuals in european union law
topic Religious freedom
fundamental rights
anti-discrimination law
horizontal effect of fundamental rights.
url https://revista-estudios.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/1386
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