Abstract: Discrimination is perhaps one of the most controversial topics in labour law when it is viewed from the rights and economics perspectives. First, there is controversy between the two camps. Rights theorists are almost universally in favour of legislation to combat discrimination, whereas some (though by no means all) economists argue that governmental intervention is unnecessary. Second, there is controversy within each camp. Within the rights camp, for example, there is a fierce debate surrounding the concept of equality. Within the economics camp, there is a debate about the costs and benefits of tackling discrimination and even a debate about whether or not discrimination exists at all.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-09-16
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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