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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"anti-discrimination law"”.
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Locating Sex: the Rhetorical Contours of Transgender Anti-Discrimination Law
Legislation and litigation aimed at ending discrimination against transgender people has been both critiqued as eliding the structural roots of discrimination and celebrated as an important visibility project that helps to highlight the struggles trans people face. Approaching law as an ongoing …
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Disability Loophole a critical analysis of the definition of Disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
… issues concerning Section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. When the Act was first passed in December 1995 it was considered to be a major break through in obtaining equality and protection for disabled people. This research demonstrated how Section 1 of the Disability Discrimination …
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Is the Gender Reassignment protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 inclusive of the non-binary community?
… people, putting them at a greater risk of discrimination and need for legal support. However, despite this recorded vulnerability, there remains a divisive argument over whether or not non-binary people are legally recognised and therefore protected by the Equality Act 2010. This study …
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"A Mulato cannot be prejudiced" : the legal construction of racial discrimination in contemporary Brazil
… an in-depth empirical study of Brazilian racial discrimination law, examines the trends in complaining and surprising variation in official decisionmaking over the past decade. I collected more than 300 racial discrimination complaints, police investigations and court proceedings filed since …
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Public Law and Immigration Justice
What roles have lawyers played in the British immigration system? Have these roles made the system more just? This thesis tackles these questions by focusing on the doctrines and ideas of public law. Chapter 2 discusses 19th-century legal debates about immigration practices of the British colonies. …
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The ideological distinctions between sex and race discrimination as found in selected Supreme Court cases and briefs of counsel
… and sexism are analogous. Yet, in recent years, anti-discrimination law, when used in sex discrimination cases, often has been interpreted and implemented quite differently from cases involving race discrimination. This study, using a content analysis based on "grounded theory," compared per- …
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The Limits to Appearance Autonomy in the Workplace: An Assessment of the Law and Recommendations for Reform in South Africa
… 55 of 1998 (EEA), and protection from appearance discrimination will depend on whether the impugned conduct can be based on an existing ground in the Act. Using dignity as an overarching concept, the thesis explores, through the lens of antidiscrimination law, the extent to which employers can …
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Diversität an Schulen – Etablierung von Diversitäts- und Antidiskriminierungskonzepten im Kontext der Handlungsstrategien und Handlungsmöglichkeiten von Schulleiter*innen
… in Berlin zu verorten? Können Diversitäts- und Antidiskriminierungskonzepte etwas Positives im professionellen Umgang mit Vielfalt an Schulen bewirken? Wo liegen Chancen in der Umsetzung solcher Konzepte? Welche Hindernisse stehen dem im Weg? Kann Diversität als Markenzeichen einer Schule …