Sex, race, and the law: legislating for equality
- ISBN-10
- 0803981066
- ISBN-13
- 9780803981065
- Category
- Great Britain
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Author
- Jeanne Gregory
Description
In the last two decades many countries have recognized the existence of widespread and persistent discrimination against women and racial minorities, and have sought to reduce or eliminate discrimination through legislation. In this book Jeanne Gregory examines the British experience in using the law to reduce inequality and assesses what has been done and can be achieved in this way.
In Britain, the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Race Relations Act 1976 gave victims of discrimination direct access to the tribunals and courts for the first time, and created two new Commissions with wide-ranging powers. In assessing how far these laws have been successful, Jeanne Gregory offers a clear, forceful analysis of the issues and problems raised by equal rights legislation. She concentrates on the key employment provisions, and compares the British experience with that of equal rights legislation elsewhere, particularly in the USA. Among the issues explored are the procedural obstacles encountered by people attempting to use the law, and the conflicts, internal and external, that have dogged the two Commissions charged with its implementation. Consideration is given throughout to the steps needed to close the gap between the ostensible aims of equal rights legislation and its actual achievements.
This book will be essential reading for students of law and social policy as well as for professionals concerned with the implementation and effects of contemporary equal rights legislation.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Archbishop Drummond's Visitation Returns 1764: Yorkshire H-R
By Cressida Annesley, Philippa M. Hoskin... Kirby in Cleveland , 86 Rochester , bishop of , see Pearce , Zachary ; Wilcocks , Joseph Rockingham , marquis of , see Watson - Wentworth , Charles Rodhill ( W. Riding ) , 167 Roebuck Low ( W. Riding ) , 130 Rogers , John , 98 n .
-
Henry's Heads
By Anna ClaybourneFeatures images which encourage readers to engage with curriculum topics - and text with a low reading level (age 7) that ensures that the concepts are accessible to struggling pupils.
-
All About Henry VIII
By Anna ClaybourneTeaching history can be a real challenge - especially if pupils are really struggling with reading or are finding it difficult to get their heads around curriculum concepts.
-
The Day Gone by: An Autobiography
By Richard AdamsThe author recounts his childhood, education, and World War II experiences
-
Proceedings in Parliament, 1626: House of Commons
By William B. Bidwell, Maija JanssonCharles Aty is committed , and by my Lord Treasurer's warrant.37 Moved that one Sam Speed and the rest of the waiters may be sent for , and Richard Cutter , dwelling in Moorfields . George Langham entered into bond that if other paid he ...
-
Whig Principles and Party Politics: Earl Fitzwilliam and the Whig Party, 1748-1833
By William Lewis Sachse29 Zouch to Fitzwilliam , 19 December , J. Preston , 21 December and S. Croft , 21 December 1783 ( F 34b ) ; Wyvill Papers , II , p . 289. Fitzwilliam had tried without success to persuade Weddell and Sir John Ramsden to second Foljambe ...
-
Theater and World: The Problematics of Shakespeare's History
By Jonathan Locke HartBate , Jonathan . Shakespearean Constitutions : Politics , Theatre , Criticism , 1730– 1830. Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1989 . Battenhouse , Roy . “ Henry V as Heroic Comedy . ” In Essays on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama in Honor of ...
-
Radical Artisan, William James Linton, 1812-97
By Francis Barrymore SmithRadical Artisan, William James Linton, 1812-97
-
The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, 1999-2000
By Charles HeymanA reference to the main aspects of the organisations and equipment of Britain's Army, Royal Navy and RAF, with diagrams and descriptions of the roles of each service, accompanied by...
-
The Welfare State in Britain since 1945
By Rodney LoweTable 6.2 Estimates of poverty in the UK, 1950–75 Year Study Source Unit % of total Number population (million) 1950 Rowntree” Survey Household 1.7 Atkinson* 5.8 1953–4 Abel-Smith and Townsend FES Household 1.2 0.6 1954 Gough and Stark ...