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Equality as a Legal Category

Author(s): Tereza Skarková
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci_1
Keywords: equality; equal treatment; justice; Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms; Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic; proportionality test

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with different concepts of equality and their evolution in the course of time. It analyses their historical and international context, and also discusses particular types of equality. However, it mainly deals with the interpretation of equality in the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, and hereby attempts to outline a framework for individuals, who seek their constitutionally embedded right to equal treatment.

  • Issue Year: 8/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-26
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Czech
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