Comparative Equality

About the Course

About the Course

Comparative Equality is a field of legal scholarship, a course, a textbook, and a web course that explores the law and social problem of inequality and discrimination by comparing the United States with other legal/social systems. The course topics include theories of equality, employment discrimination and harassment (race, sex, age, disability); marriage equality (race, same-sex); affirmative action (race, caste, origin)/gender parity; hate speech (race, sex, religion); disability rights, and secularism and the rights of religious minorities.

On this site you can purchase the textbook, access the web course, and (in the future) find resources for instructors and students.