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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453954803321

Autore

Fredman Sandra

Titolo

Discrimination law / / Sandra Fredman, FBA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-19-162108-0

0-19-162150-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 348 p.)

Collana

Clarendon Law Series

Disciplina

344.4101133

Soggetti

Discrimination - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Discrimination - Law and legislation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2002.

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Equality: Concepts and Controversies; 2. Social Context and Legal Developments; 3. The Scope of Discrimination law; 4. Legal Concepts: Direct, Indirect Discrimination, and Beyond; 5. Symmetry Or Substance: Reverse Discrimination; 6. Rights and Remedies: the Limits of the Law

Sommario/riassunto

This text provides an introduction to discrimination law. Drawing on a wide variety of philosophical and legal sources, the concepts of equality and anti-discrimination law are introduced in their social and historical context.