New Law and Values : Anti-Discrimination Law in Post-Communist Countries

Modern equality law is facing a crisis of its own methodological and conceptual understanding, and there is also the challenge of its application before national courts. The principle of equality and non-discrimination is considered the highest value in national constitutions. The question is how such a principle is neglected despite the existence of an advanced anti-discrimination legal framework. Further research is needed to reveal if such a situation is the result of the circumstances in society, of an inappropriate legal framework, of the insufficient implementation of laws, or if these laws are pushed out by socio-economical factors. This paper is an attempt to provide some thoughts and answers to these questions