Dr Erica Howard

Senior Lecturer - Law

Department: Law

Erica Howard

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Qualifications

PhD European Law, LLM International Law, MA Sociology and Law, Masters in Law, PGCertHE

Research Interests

  • Equality and Discrimination Law
  • Race Discrimination
  • Religious discrimination
  • Multiple Discrimination
  • European Law
  • Human Rights
  • Employment Law

Teaching Interests

  • Equality and Discrimination Law
  • European Union Discrimination Law
  • Human Rights
  • Race Discrimination
  • Religious Discrimination
  • Gender Discrimination

Biography

PhD European Law (Queen Mary, University of London - 2007) LLM International Law (University of Hertfordshire - 1999) MA Sociology and Law (Brunel University - 1985) Masters in Law (Tilburg University, Holland - 1979)

Current Responsibilities:

  • Module Leader LLB Tort
  • Module Leader BA Law Civil Liability

Publications:

Books:

  • Law and the Wearing of Religious Symbols: European Bans on the Wearing of Religious Symbols in Education (London, Routledge, 2012).
  • The EU Race Directive: Developing the Protection against Racial Discrimination within the EU (London: Routledge 2010).

Journal Articles (refereed):

  • EU Equality Law: Three Recent Developments 17, 6, European Law Journal 785-803 (2011).
  • ECJ Advances Equality in Europe by giving Horizontal Direct Effect to Directives 17, 4, European Public Law 729-743 (2011).
  • An Opportunity Missed? Comment on Römer 36 European Law Review 586-596 (2011). Reproduced in: 12, European Current Law xi-xx (2011).
  • Bans on the Wearing of Religious Symbols in British Schools: a Violation of the Right to Non-discrimination? 6, 2, Journal of Religion and Human Rights 127-149 (2011).
  • School Bans on the Wearing of Religious Symbols: Examining the Implications of Recent Case Law from the UK 4, 1, Journal of Religion and Human Rights 7-24 (2009).
  • Equality - a Fundamental Right in the EU? 10, 1, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 19-38 (2009).
  • Race and Racism: Why does European Law have Difficulties with Definitions? 24,1, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 5-30 (2008).
  • The European Year of Equal Opportunities for All - 2007: Is the EU Moving away from a formal Idea of Equality? 14, 2, European Law Journal 168-185 (2008).
  • The EU Race Directive: Time for Change? 8, 4, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 237-261 (2007).
  • The Case for a Considered Hierarchy of Discrimination Grounds in EU Law 13, 4, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 445-470 (2006).
  • The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 4, European Human Rights Law Review 445-55 (2006).
  • Anti Race Discrimination Measures in Europe: An Attack on Two Fronts 11, 4, European Law Journal 468-86 (2005).
  • The EU Race Directive: Its Symbolic Value - Its Only Value? 6, 2, International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 141-63 (2004).

Chapter in book:

  • Carles, I., Howard, E. and Kofman, E. ‘Gendered Experiences of Racial Discrimination – Comparative Socio-legal Research’ in: D. Schiek and A. Lawson (eds.) EU Non-Discrimination Law and Intersectionality (Farnham, Ashgate, 2011).

Conference Papers (refereed):

  • Multiple Discrimination in Law. Paper Presented at the ‘Think Equal, Symposium on Multiple Discrimination’, 1 November 2011, National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE), Malta. Paper available at: https://secure2.gov.mt/socialpolicy/SocProt/equal_opp/equality/projects/think_equal.aspx
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