Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Judge Mark Emerton

Employment Judge
UK Ministry of Justice, University of Cardiff, University of Portsmouth

Research Focus / Expertise:

Ecclesiastical law, discrimination law, employment law, intersection of religion and secular law. Also practical experience in criminal law, military law, asylum and immigration law, human rights, professional regulation, common law court procedure

Biography:

Mark is a member of the CUREDI Editorial Board. A judge in the Employment Tribunals of England and Wales, he hears cases involving employment and discrimination law. He is also a Board Member of the Judicial College. Mark’s research interests relate to the internal law of religions, and the interaction between religious identity and secular law in the UK and EU, and to religious discrimination and human rights (especially in the workplace). He has an LLM in Canon Law, and is completing a part-time PhD on religious Courts.

Within the CUREDI project, Mark’s principal focus is on cases involving the Courts’ approach to employment and discrimination law, when dealing with issues of culture and religion. He assists CUREDI Partners based at Oxford University, by producing and reviewing templates from the UK jurisdictions, mainly concerning these topics.

Contributor since:

30 October 2019