Annapurna Waughray is Professor of Human Rights Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
- Two extremely positive reviews which cite the need for such a book;
- The direction to include caste within the Equality Act 2010 in the UK has led to heightened interest in the meaning of caste and its interpretation through law;
- Cross-market potential with the Asian Studies list;
- Will be of great interest to academics and students of human rights law, equality and discrimination law, international human rights law, minority rights and area studies (South Asia and its diaspora). It will also be of relevance to practitioners and those in the public and NGO sectors involved in the implementation and enforcement of equality law in the UK.
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This book is about the legal regulation of caste discrimination. It highlights the difficulty of capturing caste in international and domestic law, and suggests solutions. Its aim is to contribute to the task of understanding how to secure effective legal protection from and prevention of discrimination on grounds of caste, and why this is important and necessary. It does this by examining the legal conceptualization and regulation of caste as a social category and as a ground of discrimination, in international law and in two national jurisdictions (India and the UK), identifying their complexities, strengths, limitations and potential. Adopting a broadly chronological approach, the book aims to present an account of the role of law in the construction of caste inequality and discrimination, and the subsequent legal efforts to dismantle it. The book will be of value to lawyers and non-lawyers, academics and students of human rights, international law, equalities and discrimination, descent-based and caste-based discrimination, minority rights, and South Asia and its diaspora. It will be a resource for legal practitioners and those in the public and non-governmental sectors involved in the implementation, interpretation and enforcement of equality law in the UK – the first European country to introduce the word "caste" into domestic equality legislation – and in countries with South Asian diasporas such as the USA.
1. What is Caste?, 2. The Dalits and the History of Caste Inequality, 3. The Legal Regulation of Caste Discrimination: Lessons from India, 4. Caste Discrimination and International Human Rights Law Standards: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 and the UN Human Rights Treaties, 5. Caste Discrimination and International Human Rights Law Standards: UN Charter Bodies, 6. Caste in the UK 1950-2009, 7. British Discrimination Law and Caste: from the Race Relations Act 1965 to the Equality Bill 2009, 8. Caste Discrimination and the Making of the Equality Act 2010, 9. Caste Discrimination in the UK: beyond the Equality Act 2010
This book suggests solutions for capturing caste in international and domestic law, examining legal conceptualization and regulation of caste as a social category in international law, India and the UK. It considers how effective legal protection from and prevention of discrimination on grounds of caste can be secured, and why this is important.
This book will examine the legal regulation of caste discrimination in three key legal spheres: in India; in international human rights law; and in Britain, the first European country to introduce a prohibition of caste discrimination in domestic equality law.
This book is about the legal regulation of caste discrimination. It highlights the difficulty of capturing caste in international and domestic law, and suggests solutions. Its aim is to contribute to the task of understanding how to secure effective legal protection from and prevention of discrimination on grounds of caste, and why this is important and necessary. It does this by examining the legal conceptualization and regulation of caste as a social category and as a ground of discrimination, in international law and in two national jurisdictions (India and the UK), identifying their complexities, strengths, limitations and potential. Adopting a broadly chronological approach, the book aims to present an account of the role of law in the construction of caste inequality and discrimination, and the subsequent legal efforts to dismantle it. The book will be of value to lawyers and non-lawyers, academics and students of human rights, international law, equalities and discrimination, descent-based and caste-based discrimination, minority rights, and South Asia and its diaspora. It will be a resource for legal practitioners and those in the public and non-governmental sectors involved in the implementation, interpretation and enforcement of equality law in the UK - the first European country to introduce the word "caste" into domestic equality legislation - and in countries with South Asian diasporas such as the USA.
Über den Autor
Annapurna Waughray is Professor of Human Rights Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. What is Caste?, 2. The Dalits and the History of Caste Inequality, 3. The Legal Regulation of Caste Discrimination: Lessons from India, 4. Caste Discrimination and International Human Rights Law Standards: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 and the UN Human Rights Treaties, 5. Caste Discrimination and International Human Rights Law Standards: UN Charter Bodies, 6. Caste in the UK 1950-2009, 7. British Discrimination Law and Caste: from the Race Relations Act 1965 to the Equality Bill 2009, 8. Caste Discrimination and the Making of the Equality Act 2010, 9. Caste Discrimination in the UK: beyond the Equality Act 2010
