Making Comparisons in Equality Law

Within Gender, Age and Conflicts
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-84227-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: The Hamlyn Lectures

This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law. As one of the most distinguished equality lawyers of his generation, having appeared in over 40 cases in the House of Lords and the Supreme Court and many leading cases in the Court of Justice, Robin Allen QC is well placed to explore this critical issue. He shows how the principle of equality is nothing if not founded on apt comparisons. By examining the changing way men and women's work has been compared over the last 100 years he shows the importance of understanding the framework for comparison. With these insights, he addresses contemporary problems of age discrimination and conflict of equality rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why comparisons matter?; 2. Establishing an effective right to equal pay for equal work; 3. Comparing across the ages; 4. Comparisons when equality rights are in conflict.

Über Autor(innen)

Allen, Robin
Robin Allen, Queen's Counsel is an equality barrister and long-term campaigner for equality rights; instructed in many leading cases at the highest level for every protected characteristic; Bencher of Middle Temple; previously Chair of the Bar Council's Equality and Diversity Committee. He gave the prestigious Hamlyn Lectures in 2018 focussing on comparisons on equality law.