Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis

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Shreya Atrey (Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford) Sandra Fredman, FBA (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Oxford)

Exponential Inequalities

Equality Law in Times of Crisis

Shreya Atrey (Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford), Sandra Fredman, FBA (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
13 April 2023

This thoughtfully edited volume explores the operation of equality and discrimination law in times of crisis. It aims to understand how existing inequalities are exacerbated in crises and whether equality law has the tools to understand and address this contingency. Experience during the COVID-19 crisis shows that the pandemic has acted as a catalyst for 'exponential inequalities' related to racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, and ableism. Yet, the field of equality law (which is meant to be addressing such discrimination or inequality) has had little immediate relevance in mitigating these exponential inequalities. This is despite the fact that countries like the UK have a rather recent and state-of-the-art legislation in the field, namely the Equality Act 2010. Exponential Inequalities offers readers an understanding of how these inequalities came to be and how crises such as the global pandemic, the climate emergency, or the economic downturn, can exacerbate an already untenable situation. It illuminates both the structural and the conceptual, as well as the practical and doctrinal difficulties currently experienced in equality law, and discusses whether or not equality law even has the tools to both understand and then address this contingency. Written by a team of internationally recognized experts, Exponential Inequalities provides a comparative perspective on the functioning of equality laws across a range of contexts and jurisdictions and represents an essential read for scholars and policy makers alike.

Edited by: Shreya Atrey (Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law University of Oxford), Sandra Fredman, FBA (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192872999
ISBN 10: 0192872990
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 13 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shreya Atrey is an Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and is based at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. Her research is on discrimination law, feminist theory, poverty, and disability law. Her monograph, Intersectional Discrimination (OUP 2019), which was runner-up for the Peter Birks Book Prize in 2020, presents an account of intersectionality theory in comparative discrimination law. Shreya is the Editor of the Human Rights Law Review published by OUP. Previously, Shreya was based at the University of Bristol Law School and has been a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, and a Hauser Postdoctoral Global Fellow at the NYU School of Law, New York. She completed BCL with distinction and DPhil in Law on the Rhodes Scholarship from Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She is currently an associate member of the Oxford Human Rights Hub and an Official Fellow of Kellogg College. Sandra Fredman is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at the University of Oxford, and a professorial fellow at Pembroke College. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005 and became a KC (honoris causa) in 2012. She has written and published widely on anti-discrimination law, human rights law, and labour law, including numerous peer-reviewed articles. She was awarded a three-year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship in 2004 to further her research into socio-economic rights and substantive equality. She is South African and holds degrees from the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford. She has acted as an expert adviser on equality law and labour legislation in the EU, Northern Ireland, the UK, India, South Africa, Canada, Malaysia, and the UN; and is a barrister practising at Old Square Chambers. She founded the Oxford Human Rights Hub in 2012, of which she is the Director.

Reviews for Exponential Inequalities: Equality Law in Times of Crisis

It is an informative and meaningful read for students, scholars and policy makers who are seeking to address inequalities. * Shaid Parveen, Associate Dean for Enterprise and External Engagement and Senior Teaching Fellow, Aston University. *