Aileen McColgan

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 for Matrix Chambers.

Prof McColgan is originally from Ireland, 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 Journal 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 Collins, Keith Ewing, Aileen McColgan, Labour Law, Text, Cases and Materials (2nd edn Hart 2005) ISBN 1841133620
• 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)

See also

• UK labour law

External links

• King's College London website
• Matrix Chambers website