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Comparative Equality Law

Objectives

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General characterization

Code

33266

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Nausica Palazzo

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 0

Teaching language

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Prerequisites

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Bibliography

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Teaching method

Comparative Equality Law uses a problem-based approach to examine how the law protects equality rights in different jurisdictions. The course adopts a comparative approach to find solutions to recurring problems across jurisdictions.



It is an interactive course: students will attend 2 hours of classes delivered by Berkeley University. 



The format for the Thursday class meetings will be as follows:




  • • A five-minute introduction.

  • • A fifteen-minute lecture.

  • • A fifteen-minute discussion in break-out rooms, with all participants able to respond/participate on a shared Google doc.

  • • A twenty-minute plenary discussion.

  • • A five-minute break.

  • • A fifteen-minute lecture.

  • • A fifteen-minute discussion in break-out rooms, with all participants able to respond/participate on a shared Google doc.

  • • A twenty-minute plenary discussion.

  • • A ten-minute wrap-up and look-ahead lecture (usually by one of the lecturers for the next week’s class).



 



The break-out room discussions will focus on a discussion problem related to the day’s reading and the lectures. (When possible, the lectures will be distributed in advance.)



 


Evaluation method

NOVA students will be assessed based on a final exam (essay), and class participation (which includes both attending and contributing to the breakout and plenary discussions).



 



Final Exam (16 pt)



Class Participation (4 pt)



 



The final exam must compare how two or more national/legal systems approach a particular problem of inequality. The final exam will present a hypothetical problem and ask how the problem would be analyzed in the two countries we have studied. Further details of the assignments will be provided to NOVA students on the first class.


Subject matter

 



Employment discrimination I



Discrimination in employment II



Discrimination in employment III



Freedom of religion as a human right                       



Religious dress and religious symbols



Reproductive rights and the Church



Rights of people with disabilities



Sexual harassment/violence



Sexual harassment/violence



Affirmative action