Confronting Homophobia in Europe - Social and Legal Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Luca Trappolin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Padova. Alessandro Gasparini, PhD, is Research Fellow and Contract Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Bologna. Robert Wintemute is Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, King's College London. Zusammenfassung The essays in this volume illustrate the findings of a European project on homophobia and fundamental rights in which sociologists and lawyers have analysed the position in four Member States: Italy, Slovenia, Hungary and UK. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction Luca Trappolin and Alessandro Gasparini PART I Exposing and Opposing Homophobia in Society 2 Introduction to the Sociological Case Studies Roman Kuhar, Judit Takács and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip 3 One Step Beyond: Researching Homophobia in Italian Society Luca Trappolin and Tatiana Motterle 4 Integrated, but Not Too Much: Homophobia and Homosexuality in Slovenia Roman Kuhar, Živa Humer and Simon Maljevac 5 Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Bother: Homophobia and the Heteronorm in Hungary Judit Takács, Tamás Dombos, György Mészáros and Tamás P Tóth 6 Homophobia and Ethnic Minority Communities in the United Kingdom Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip PART II Recognising and Combating Homophobia in and with the Law 7 Introduction to the Legal Case Studies Alessandro Gasparini and Robert Wintemute 8 Homophobia in the Italian Legal System: File not Found Alessandro Gasparini, Cathy La Torre, Silvia Gorini and Monica Russo 9 Traits of Homophobia in Slovenian Law: From Ignorance towards Recognition? Neža Kogovšek Šalamon 10 Fighting Homophobia in Hungarian Law: Slowly Evolving Standards Eszter Polgári 11 Homophobia and United Kingdom Law: Only a Few Gaps Left to Close? Robert Wintemute 12 Legal Comparison, Conclusions and Recommendations Robert Wintemute ...

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• Authors: Luca Trappolin, Luca Gasparini Trappolin
• Assisted by: Alessandro Gasparini (Editor), Gasparini Alessandro (Editor), Luca Trappolin (Editor), Trappolin Luca (Editor), Robert Wintemute (Editor), Wintemute Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9781849462754
• ISBN: 978-1-84946-275-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, Social discrimination & inequality, Gay & Lesbian studies, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics