Introduction to law

Introduction to law

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Overview of Equity Act 2010.....................................................................................................1
Comparison between human rights and equity act ....................................................................2
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
The essay begins with exploring the main provisions of Human Rights Legislations
within the UK and then comparing them with the Human Rights Legislation applicable in the
UK. The Equality Act protects the rights of the individuals and grants equal opportunity to all.
This has been formed under the influence of various legislations that previously existed. This act
has a very wider scope in terms of society and aspect of equality within it. Nature of this act is to
form strict amendments to deal with discrimination and other flaws leading towards inequality.
The old law like human rights, convention of human right and charter of fundamental rights has
played an important role in formation of Equity act 2010. Under this essay various things in
relation to these acts has to be explained and there comparison is going to be discussed with the
present Equity Act 2010.
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Overview of Equity Act 2010
Principals of equity is an very important element of society in order to maintain
democracy within it. This law has developed in UK at recent times before it old laws use to be
followed. Equity Act of 2010 come into existence in October 2010 which has been provided with
the challenges that has bee related to discrimination and promotes equality. Such act was
launched in the fifth generation that is going to promote equality. It is applicable to all over
Britain, England, Scotland and Wales (Girard and et. al., 2017). Under this act various
characteristics are there that is responsible to deal with discrimination that is age disability,
gender reassignment, marriage, civil partnership, maternity, race, gender and religion. Aims of
this act of equity 2010 this has been resulting into campaign of human rights organizations and
to cover the loopholes that has been existing within previous laws. Under the case of Lewish v
Malcolm an definition has been explained that is related to disability that has made restriction of
scope for those facing discrimination as per the previous legislation. Older provisos that has been
existing earlier were mainly focused on areas that are facing higher discrimination.
Equity act has been introduced to mark the strength of effectiveness that British legal
framework and making it achieve the goal of equality and strengthening the protection level
for it by marking out characteristics that gives bases prohibition of discrimination. The aim of the
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