Women’s rights and minorities’ rights in Canada. The challenges of intersectionality in Supreme Court jurisprudence

Perspectives on Federalism

Scotti Valentina Rita¹ 

[1] Post-doctoral Researcher in Comparative Public Law at the Koç University Law School, Istanbul.;

关键词: Canada;    Supreme Court;    principle of equality;    gender equality;    Aboriginal women;    Muslim women;   

DOI  :  10.1515/pof-2017-0025

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

After a discussion of the impact of the principle of equality, entrenched in the Charters approved in Canada since the 1867 British North American Act, this essay then focuses on the related Supreme Court’s adjudications. A brief analysis of the case-law concerning gender equality is followed by the discussion of cases of Aboriginal and Muslim women with the aim of assessing whether intersectionality represents for these groups of women a source of double discrimination. Brief concluding remarks discuss the challenges deriving from the different options for accommodating the principle of equality with cultural rights.

【 授权许可】

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