Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union. By Mark Bell. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2002. xxv, 216, (Appendices) 21, (Bibliography) 22, and (Index) 9 pp. Hardback £40.00. ISBN 0–19–924450–2.]

Mark Bell’sAnti-Discrimination Law and the European Union, the most recent publication in the Oxford Studies in European Law series, provides a cogent overview of EU anti-discrimination law. While raising some interesting issues in the context of examining discrimination on the grounds of race and sexual orientation, it is mostly descriptive in nature, and thus mainly succeeds as an inductory doctrinal text to the area.