Discrimination as Stigma

Iyiola Solanke is Professor in EU Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, University of Leeds and an Associate Academic Fellow of the Inner Temple.

...the author deserves praise for daring to tackle this subject in depth – something that has not been common amongst legal scholars until now ... In doing so, she has aided not only in highlighting the importance of the concept of stigma to questions regarding legal issues but also in encouraging others to follow suit.

• Introduction I. Construction of the Anti-stigma Principle II. Application of the Anti-stigma Principle 1. Stigma I. Defining Stigma II. Erwin Goffman and Stigma III. The Process of Stigmatisation IV. Developments in the Theory of Stigma V. Power VI. Conclusion 2. Legal Protection from Discrimination I. Introduction II. Equality and Inequality in Political Philosophy III. The Anti-discrimination Principle in International Law IV. Closed Lists V. Open Lists VI. Dignity, Immutability and the Anti-discrimination Principle VII. The Limits of Dignity VIII. The Idea of Immutability IX. Conclusion 3. Stigma and Litigation I. Goffman in Legal Scholarship II. Litigation in Europe III. Conclusion 4. The Anti-stigma Principle I. Linking Interpersonal and Structural Stigma II. Models of Stigma and Public Health III. The Discrimination VirusIV. Conclusion 5. Public Action to Combat Discrimination I. Tackling a Public Health Virus: The Ebola Outbreak of 2014 II. The Transmission of Stigma III. Positive Action and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) IV. Public Action to Tackle the Virus of Discrimination V. Conclusion 6. Stigma, Synergy and IntersectionalityI. Understanding Intersectional Discrimination II. Categorisation in Anti-discrimination LawIII. Addressing Intersectional Discrimination IV. Applying Intersectional Discrimination V. Conclusion