Colm O’cinnéide
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colm O’cinnéide |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colm |
| FAMILY NAME | O’cinnéide |
| SIGNATURE | O’CINNÉIDE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9223-1003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK
This article examines how and in what ways workplace 'sexual harassment' achieved social and legal recognition in the UK news press following its importation from North America in the mid-1970s. It assesses the role of feminist campaigners working within institutions (trade unions, human rights advocacy, the Equal Opportunities Commission and journalism itself) in shifting public discourse and in using the media to educate and promote social chan…
The European Social Charter and the UK
The ESC is a Council of Europe treaty instrument which protects a range of fundamental social rights.The UK has ratified the ESC and is bound by its provisions, as are forty-three of the forty-seven member states of the Council of Europe.UK compliance with its obligations under the ESC are monitored by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR), the expert body established to assess whether state parties are complying with the requirements of…
The catalytic potential of equality and human rights commissions
When equality commissions were first established in the UK and certain other European and North American states in the 1960s and 1970s, they were expected to play an important role in promoting equality of opportunity and enforcing compliance with the newly enacted anti-discrimination laws of that era. Fifty years on, the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and equivalent bodies in other states continue to perform these functions – and…
Equality
Austerity and the faded dream of a ‘social Europe’
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Defining the limits of discrimination law in the United Kingdom
Even after the codification of anti-discrimination legislation in the Equality Act 2010, UK anti-discrimination law is caught in an embedded tension between principle and pragmatism. It is designed to give effect to the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and respect for human dignity. However, its scope and substance has often been limited by reference to pragmatic concerns, such as the need to minimize regulatory burdens and to ma…
New beginnings
The Uncertain Foundations of Contemporary Anti-Discrimination Law
European anti-discrimination law has evolved very quickly in a relatively short period of time. However, this paper argues that it is far from clear that there is anything approaching a pan-European consensus as to how anti-discrimination norms should be interpreted and applied. Sharp divisions exist across a range of issues, as dramatically illustrated by recent controversies involving secularist principles, the treatment of Roma and the adjustm…
Controlling the ‘Gorgon’ of state power in the state of exception
Mark Tushnet’s paper is an interesting extension of his recent work on how constitutional democracies can control the use of emergency powers. His analysis is useful in drawing attention to the often-overlooked impact of political dynamics in times of emergency. However, Tushnet is too ready to accept that political processes will be able to control the grant and use of emergency powers. He also is too quick to draw a sharp dichotomy between effe…
Positive Duties and Gender Equality
The imposition since 1998 of a variety of positive equality duties upon public authorities has attracted comparatively little academic attention. However, these duties are a central part of current government equality initiatives, increasingly constitute a major part of the work of the UK's equality commissions, and have been described as an essential part of a new ‘fourth generation’ of equality legislation. It now appears likely that a positive…
Concerns and Ideas about the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help)
Journal Article Concerns and Ideas About the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help) Get access Basil Markesinis, Basil Markesinis 1Basil Markesinis, QC, LL.D, (Cantab), DCL (Oxon.), FBA. Professor of Common Law and Civil Law at University College London; Jamail Regents Chair, University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Colm O'cinneide, Colm O…
Positive Action to Promote Women in Politics
The issue of women's under-representation in politics continues to be controversial and pressing in countries all over the world. According to the Inter Parliamentary Union, only 14.7 per cent of the world's legislators are women. 1 In no country do women achieve parity with men in terms of parliamentary representation. The record of many of the world's most developed countries is particularly poor. Looking at lower houses of the legislature, in …
Concerns and Ideas about the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help)
Journal Article Concerns and Ideas About the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help) Get access Basil Markesinis, Basil Markesinis 1Basil Markesinis, QC, LL.D, (Cantab), DCL (Oxon.), FBA. Professor of Common Law and Civil Law at University College London; Jamail Regents Chair, University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Colm O'cinneide, Colm O…
Positive Action to Promote Women in Politics
The issue of women's under-representation in politics continues to be controversial and pressing in countries all over the world. According to the Inter Parliamentary Union, only 14.7 per cent of the world's legislators are women. 1 In no country do women achieve parity with men in terms of parliamentary representation. The record of many of the world's most developed countries is particularly poor. Looking at lower houses of the legislature, in …
The Uncertain Foundations of Contemporary Anti-Discrimination Law
European anti-discrimination law has evolved very quickly in a relatively short period of time. However, this paper argues that it is far from clear that there is anything approaching a pan-European consensus as to how anti-discrimination norms should be interpreted and applied. Sharp divisions exist across a range of issues, as dramatically illustrated by recent controversies involving secularist principles, the treatment of Roma and the adjustm…
Positive Duties and Gender Equality
The imposition since 1998 of a variety of positive equality duties upon public authorities has attracted comparatively little academic attention. However, these duties are a central part of current government equality initiatives, increasingly constitute a major part of the work of the UK's equality commissions, and have been described as an essential part of a new ‘fourth generation’ of equality legislation. It now appears likely that a positive…
Defining the limits of discrimination law in the United Kingdom
Even after the codification of anti-discrimination legislation in the Equality Act 2010, UK anti-discrimination law is caught in an embedded tension between principle and pragmatism. It is designed to give effect to the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and respect for human dignity. However, its scope and substance has often been limited by reference to pragmatic concerns, such as the need to minimize regulatory burdens and to ma…
Controlling the ‘Gorgon’ of state power in the state of exception
Mark Tushnet’s paper is an interesting extension of his recent work on how constitutional democracies can control the use of emergency powers. His analysis is useful in drawing attention to the often-overlooked impact of political dynamics in times of emergency. However, Tushnet is too ready to accept that political processes will be able to control the grant and use of emergency powers. He also is too quick to draw a sharp dichotomy between effe…
Positive Action to Promote Women in Politics
The issue of women's under-representation in politics continues to be controversial and pressing in countries all over the world. According to the Inter Parliamentary Union, only 14.7 per cent of the world's legislators are women. 1 In no country do women achieve parity with men in terms of parliamentary representation. The record of many of the world's most developed countries is particularly poor. Looking at lower houses of the legislature, in …
Concerns and Ideas about the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help)
Journal Article Concerns and Ideas About the Developing English Law of Privacy (And How Knowledge of Foreign Law Might Be of Help) Get access Basil Markesinis, Basil Markesinis 1Basil Markesinis, QC, LL.D, (Cantab), DCL (Oxon.), FBA. Professor of Common Law and Civil Law at University College London; Jamail Regents Chair, University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Colm O'cinneide, Colm O…
Positive Duties and Gender Equality
The imposition since 1998 of a variety of positive equality duties upon public authorities has attracted comparatively little academic attention. However, these duties are a central part of current government equality initiatives, increasingly constitute a major part of the work of the UK's equality commissions, and have been described as an essential part of a new ‘fourth generation’ of equality legislation. It now appears likely that a positive…
Controlling the ‘Gorgon’ of state power in the state of exception
Mark Tushnet’s paper is an interesting extension of his recent work on how constitutional democracies can control the use of emergency powers. His analysis is useful in drawing attention to the often-overlooked impact of political dynamics in times of emergency. However, Tushnet is too ready to accept that political processes will be able to control the grant and use of emergency powers. He also is too quick to draw a sharp dichotomy between effe…
The Uncertain Foundations of Contemporary Anti-Discrimination Law
European anti-discrimination law has evolved very quickly in a relatively short period of time. However, this paper argues that it is far from clear that there is anything approaching a pan-European consensus as to how anti-discrimination norms should be interpreted and applied. Sharp divisions exist across a range of issues, as dramatically illustrated by recent controversies involving secularist principles, the treatment of Roma and the adjustm…
New beginnings
Austerity and the faded dream of a ‘social Europe’
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Defining the limits of discrimination law in the United Kingdom
Even after the codification of anti-discrimination legislation in the Equality Act 2010, UK anti-discrimination law is caught in an embedded tension between principle and pragmatism. It is designed to give effect to the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and respect for human dignity. However, its scope and substance has often been limited by reference to pragmatic concerns, such as the need to minimize regulatory burdens and to ma…
The catalytic potential of equality and human rights commissions
When equality commissions were first established in the UK and certain other European and North American states in the 1960s and 1970s, they were expected to play an important role in promoting equality of opportunity and enforcing compliance with the newly enacted anti-discrimination laws of that era. Fifty years on, the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and equivalent bodies in other states continue to perform these functions – and…
Equality
The European Social Charter and the UK
The ESC is a Council of Europe treaty instrument which protects a range of fundamental social rights.The UK has ratified the ESC and is bound by its provisions, as are forty-three of the forty-seven member states of the Council of Europe.UK compliance with its obligations under the ESC are monitored by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR), the expert body established to assess whether state parties are complying with the requirements of…
Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK
This article examines how and in what ways workplace 'sexual harassment' achieved social and legal recognition in the UK news press following its importation from North America in the mid-1970s. It assesses the role of feminist campaigners working within institutions (trade unions, human rights advocacy, the Equal Opportunities Commission and journalism itself) in shifting public discourse and in using the media to educate and promote social chan…
Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law and economics (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Discrimination and Equality Law (3 works) · European union (3 works) · Legislature (3 works) · Politics (3 works)