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
Sandra Fredman is Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British
Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, and a Fellow of
Pembroke college, Oxford. She is also a Fellow of the British
Academy and an Honorary Professor of the University of Cape Town.
She is the author and editor of numerous books, including Human
Rights Transformed: Positive Rights and Positive Duties (OUP 2008)
and Discrimination and Human Rights: The Case of Racism (ed,
OUP
2001). She is also a practising barrister at Old Square Chambers.
This second, updated and expanded, edition of Professor Fredman's
treatise on discrimination law is most welcome. Her lucid,
practical exposition of the tough concepts and decisions in this
field is indispensable to both practitioners and academics who must
grapple with its problems. Most importantly, to her whole treatment
she brings an illuminating understanding of the values of social
justice and human dignity that powerfully underlie laws against
discrimination.
*Edwin Cameron, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South
Africa*
Equality law is one of the most difficult areas of modern law, yet
Sandra Fredman¹s Discrimination Law is a model of clarity. It
untangles the complex theoretical debates underlying discrimination
law, gives a lucid account of the legal principles informing
equality legislation, including the new Equality Act, and
undertakes a careful analysis of relevant UK and European case law.
Throughout, the book draws on Indian, South African, Canadian and
US discrimination law and jurisprudence to provide rich comparative
insights
*Kate O'Regan, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa,
1994-2009*
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