Aileen McColgan
Encyclopedia
Aileen McColgan is a Professor of Law
at King's College, London. She is an expert in labour law
, discrimination
and human rights
. She works as an academic and as a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers
.
Prof McColgan is originally from Derry
, Northern Ireland
, and holds degrees from Trinity College Cambridge and Edinburgh University.
Books
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
at King's College, London. She is an expert in labour law
Labour law
Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...
, discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
. She works as an academic and as a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers is a barristers’ set situated at Gray’s Inn, London. It was founded in April 2000 by 22 barristers from 7 different chambers.Matrix was founded shortly before the implementation of the Human Rights Act in October 2000...
.
Prof McColgan is originally from Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, and holds degrees from Trinity College Cambridge and Edinburgh University.
Publications
Articles- 'Class wars?: religion and (in)equality in the workplace’ (2009) 38 Industrial Law JournalIndustrial Law JournalThe Industrial Law Journal is a legal journal which publishes articles in the field of labour and employment law, published quarterly by the Industrial Law Society in the United Kingdom, and founded in 1971....
1-29 - ‘Reconfiguring Discrimination Law’ [2007] Public Law 74-94
- ‘Cracking the Comparator Problem, “Equal” Treatment and the role of Comparisons’ [2006] European Human Rights Law Review 650 - 677
- ‘Do Privacy Rights Disappear in the Workplace?’ [2003] European Human Rights Law Review, 120-140
- ‘Principles of Equality and Protection from Discrimination in International Human Rights Law’ [2003] European Human Rights Law Review, 157-175
- ‘Do Privacy Rights Disappear in the Workplace?’ [2003] European Human Rights Law Review, 120-140
- ‘Women and the Human Rights Act’ (2000) 51(3) Northern Ireland Law Quarterly
- ‘Common Law and the Relevance of Sexual History Evidence’ (1996) 16 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 275-307
- ‘In Defence of Battered Women who Kill’ (1993) 13 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 508-529
Books
- Hugh CollinsHugh CollinsHugh Collins F.B.A. is the Professor of English Law and Head of the Law Department at the London School of Economics. He is also the general editor for the Modern Law Review, the most widely read British academic law journal...
, Keith EwingKeith EwingKeith D. Ewing is Professor of Public Law at King's College London and co-author of two of Britain's leading textbooks in constitutional and administrative law, and labour law.-Biography:...
, Aileen McColgan, Labour Law, Text, Cases and Materials (2nd edn Hart 2005) ISBN 1-84113-362-0 - Discrimination: Text, Cases and Materials (Hart: 2005 (2nd ed) and 2000 (1st ed))
- Discrimination Law Handbook (ed.) (LAG, 2005 (2nd ed) and 2002 (1st ed))
- Equality and Diversity (ed), Institute of Employment Rights 2003 (Sept 2003)
- Women under the Law; the False Promise of Human Rights (Essex: Longman, 1999)
- Just Wages For Women (Oxford: Clarendon Press, October 1997)
- The Future of Labour Law (ed) (London: Mansell, 1996)
- The Case For Taking the ‘Date’ out of Rape (London: Pandora, 1996)