Sex, Gender Identity and the Law - Couverture rigide

Foran, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 100964632X ISBN 13 : 9781009646321

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Over the last century, UK law has moved from endorsing, and in some cases mandating, unjust sex discrimination to a robust framework of distinct protections for women and girls. At the same time, our law has extended anti-discrimination protections to people who undergo gender reassignment, culminating in a system where individuals can change their legally recognised sex for some purposes. Sometimes the interests of these two groups conflict, most notably where the law must differentiate based on biological sex in contexts where those with transgender identities wish to be classed by reference to gender identity instead. For a time, there was uncertainty over the precise interaction between these competing interests within equality law. In 2025 this was resolved in a landmark case brought by the feminist organisation For Women Scotland. This book traces the history of how sex changed within our law and what that means for ongoing controversies over single-sex spaces, freedom of belief, freedom of expression, privacy, sport, and sexual intimacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Foran is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. His work was cited by the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, which clarified the meaning of sex in the Equality Act 2010. Previous work of his informed the UK government veto of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill due to the adverse effect that self-identification of sex would have on the operation of the Equality Act 2010. His first book, Equality Before the Law: Equal Dignity, Wrongful Discrimination and the Rule of Law (2023) was based on his PhD thesis, which won the Yorke Prize from the University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 100964632X
• ISBN 13: 9781009646321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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