The Principle of Equality in EU Law - Tapa dura

<DIV><P>THIS BOOK PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND UPDATED LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE EQUALITY PRINCIPLE IN EU LAW. TO THIS END, IT ARGUES FOR A BROAD DEFINITION OF THE PRINCIPLE, WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY ITS INTER-INDIVIDUAL DIMENSION, BUT ALSO THE EQUALITY OF THE MEMBER STATES BEFORE THE EU TREATIES.</P> <P>THE BOOK PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF HIGH-QUALITY ACADEMIC AND EXPERT CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH, IN LIGHT OF THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE POST-LISBON LEGAL FRAMEWORK, REFLECT THE CURRENT INTERPRETATION OF THE EQUALITY PRINCIPLE, EXAMINING ITS PERFORMANCE IN PRACTICE WITH A VIEW TO SUGGESTING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO OVERCOME RECURRING PROBLEMS.</P> <P>TO THIS END THE VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH ADDRESSES A PECULIAR ASPECT OF THE EU EQUALITY THAT IS MOSTLY OVERLOOKED IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEVOTED TO THIS TOPIC, NAMELY, EQUALITY AMONG STATES. PART II SHIFTS TO THE INTER-INDIVIDUAL DIMENSION OF EQUALITY AND EXPLORES SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO (RE)SHAPING THE GLOBAL FRAMEWORK OF EU ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW, WHILE PART III UNDERTAKES A MORE PRACTICAL INVESTIGATION DEVOTED TO THE SUBSTANTIVE STRANDS OF THAT AREA OF EU LAW.</P></DIV>