Doris Liebscher
Doris Liebscher
Doris Liebscher is a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Gender Studies at the Faculty of Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the ombudsperson of the State of Berlin for the implementation of the first German Federal Anti-Discrimination Act. For her book Race in Law – Law Against Racism. Genealogy of an Ambivalent Legal Category, she was awarded the Konrad Redeker Prize.
Doris Liebscher is a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Gender Studies at the Faculty of Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the ombudsperson of the State of Berlin for the implementation of the first German Federal Anti-Discrimination Act. For her book Race in Law – Law Against Racism. Genealogy of an Ambivalent Legal Category, she was awarded the Konrad Redeker Prize.
Awards (selection)
Konrad-Redeker-Preis 2020
Konrad-Redeker-Preis 2020
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2021
Doris LiebscherYear of Publication: 2021
Race in Law – Law Against Racism
At the moment, there is much debate about the term »race« in the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. Is it a racist word that needs to be replaced or a necessary category for fighting discrimination? Doris Liebscher explores the question in terms of history, racism theory and legal dogma. She reconstructs how the term founds its way into the constitution and examines how...