The Judiciary, Discrimination Law and Statutory Interpretation: Easy Cases Making Bad Law

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Michael Connolly

The Judiciary, Discrimination Law and Statutory Interpretation

Easy Cases Making Bad Law

Michael Connolly

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Routledge
30 June 2020

Law & society; International human rights law; Discrimination in employment law; Social law

In 1856, the US Supreme Court denied Dred Scott, now free of slavery, his Constitutional rights, solely because he was black. According to the Court, when the Constitution was drafted, some 60 years earlier, its authors would not have intended that ‘a subordinate and inferior class of beings’ qualified as citizens of the United States. Thus, the meaning of language drafted over half a century before was frozen in time.

This case, perhaps more than any other, demonstrates that the matter of statutory interpretation is critical, technical, and, sometimes, highly emotive. The case is not a mere nugget from history to indulge our disgust with values of another age, and with it a satisfaction of our progress to today’s higher moral ground. It is the unfortunate case that the senior courts of England continue to produce highly contentious interpretations of our equality and discrimination laws.

This book examines these cases from the perspective of statutory interpretation, the judge’s primary function. The scrutiny finds the judgments technically flawed, overcomplicated, excessively long, and often unduly restrictive. As such, this book explains how the cases should have been resolved – using conventional methods of interpretation; this would have produced simpler, technically sound judgments. Rather like the case of Dred Scott, these were easy cases producing bad law.

By: Michael Connolly
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367586232
ISBN 10: 0367586231
Pages: 261
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of authorities Preface 1 INTRODUCTION 2 COMMON TOOLS OF STATUTORY INTERPRETATION 3 AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES AND AIMS OF DISCRIMINATION LAW 4 THE COMMON LAW AND EQUALITY 5 THE BENIGN MOTIVE ‘DEFENCE’ AND DIRECT DISCRIMINATION 6 THE BENIGN MOTIVE ‘DEFENCE’ AND VICTIMISATION 7 VICTIMISATION AND CONTEMPT OF COURT 8 PROBLEMS WITH INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION 9 DISABILITY-RELATED DISCRIMINATION 10 CONCLUSION Bibliography Index

Dr Michael Connolly is Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Reviews for The Judiciary, Discrimination Law and Statutory Interpretation: Easy Cases Making Bad Law

'This is beautifully written and develops a thoughtful, innovative and interesting argument on a matter of considerable importance. The method used entails an unusual, multi-layered and deep analysis of well-trodden ground, leading to thought-provoking, well-reasoned conclusions and some pragmatic practical proposals.' Lizzie Barmes, Professor of Labour Law & Co-Director QMUL School of Law Centre for Research on Law, Equality and Diversity, Queen Mary University of London