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Analysis of Equality and Discrimination in UK

   

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“We are all equal before thelaw”
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Demonstrating understanding and knowledge of the subject and issues to do with legal systemof UK......................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTIONEvery individual in the society have one of the primary right of Equality and most ofconstitution acknowledge this. The statement of We all are equal before the law and are entitledwithout any discrimination to equal protection of the law (Gardner, 2015). Thus, everyone in thesociety must be treated equally under the law regardless of gender, nationality, colour, disability,etc. The present study aims to evaluate the statement in UK and will analyse that are all thepeople treated equally in the society or not.MAIN BODYDemonstrating understanding and knowledge of the subject and issues to do with legal system ofUKThe statement shows that the law of UK focuses on treating all the people in the societyequally (Brayne, Carr and Goosey, 2015). In other words, the legislation of the country is not tomake any difference between poor and rich, worker or capitalist, feudal lord or peasant. All areequal in the eye of law. For example; in the judgement of the court, it does not matter if theconvict is a male or female. Those who break the constitution have to go through theconsequences. The laws are applied for all from rich to poor. But does all the groups in thesociety are treated equally in every terms? It is the big question. There are 7 types ofdiscrimination in the Law of UK, that are; age, gender, disability, race, sex, caste-baseddiscrimination and colour, disability (Dworkin, 2018).Racism and societal discriminationBy far the history of Britain is concerned with racism that has been rooted deeply in theblack presence. Due to racism, societal discrimination become prevalent. Social in equality refersto the group of society do not have equal social status that can be based on gender, colour,ethnicity or any other characteristics. Racial discrimination is a part of social inequality thatinvolves experiences resulting from the non-legal and legal system of unfair treatment based onskin colour, age, etc. Almost all black American experience some type of racial discrimination(Dahrendorf, 2017).Following are some related legislation;Anti-discrimination Act1
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