Using section 26 Equality Act to combat institutional antisemitism: a critical race perspective on Fraser v University and College Union

KLAFF, Lesley (2019). Using section 26 Equality Act to combat institutional antisemitism: a critical race perspective on Fraser v University and College Union. In: CAMPBELL, Jonathan G and KLAFF, Lesley D, (eds.) Unity and Disunity in Contemporary Antisemitism: The Bristol-Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary Antisemitism. Antisemitism Studies . Brookline, MA, Academic Studies Press, 103-125.

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Abstract

This chapter is a peer reviewed, revised and longer version of the unpublished conference paper (2015) deposited in this archive. It discusses the Employment Tribunal's judgement in Fraser v UCU (2013) from a critical race perspective. With reference to antisemitism, the chapter illustrates the judicial privileging of legal formalism in anti-discrimination cases and the resulting failure of the law to address racism. It also illustrates the presence of racist thinking in judicial discourse. Drawing on the work of Didi Herman in 'An Unfortunate Coincidence: Jews, Jewishness and English Law' (OUP 2011), this chapter makes an important contribution to scholarship on the English law's relationship to antisemitism.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	The book, 'Unity and Disunity in Contemporary Antisemitism: The Bristol-Sheffield Colloquium on Contemporary Antisemitism' is due for publication in Spring 2019. Other contributors apart from myself include David Hirsh, the late Robert Fine, Kenneth Marcus, Dave Rich, David Seymour, Bernard Harrison, Matthias Kuentzel, Rusi Jaspal, and Amy Elman.
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Law Research Group
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities > Department of Law and Criminology
Page Range:	103-125
Depositing User:	Lesley Klaff
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2018 11:51
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 02:09
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22910

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