Discrimination at Work: Comparing European, French, and American Law

How do the United States and France differ in laws and attitudes concerning discrimination at work? Franco-American scholar Marie Mercat-Bruns interviews prominent legal scholars to demonstrate how these two post-industrial democracies have adopted divergent strategies. Whereas employers in the Unit...

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Main Author: Mercat-Bruns, Marie (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press 2016
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