School of Law

The Data Protection Bill – virtues out of necessity? (2017)
Journal Article

Civic Conscience, Selective Conscientious Objection and Lack of Choice (2017)
Journal Article

Most democratic states tolerate, to various extents, conscientious objection. The same states tend not to tolerate acts of civil disobedience and what they perceive as selective conscientious objection. In this paper it is claimed that the dichotomy... Read More about Civic Conscience, Selective Conscientious Objection and Lack of Choice.

C-621/15 - W And Others v Sanofi Pasteur: An Example of Judicial Distortion and Indifference to Science (2017)
Journal Article

This case commentary examines the CJEU’s recent decision in C-621/15 W and Others v Sanofi Pasteur MSD SNC [2017] ECR I. This commentary critically examines the decision through the lens of the cultural conflict between law and science. We argue that... Read More about C-621/15 - W And Others v Sanofi Pasteur: An Example of Judicial Distortion and Indifference to Science.

An Examined Life: Research into University Legal Education in the United Kingdom and the Journal of Law and Society (2017)
Journal Article

For academics the nature of their work means that the Socratic demand to live an examined life has a particular force. In this article we look at the extent to which those working in university law schools in England and Wales have lived up to this s... Read More about An Examined Life: Research into University Legal Education in the United Kingdom and the Journal of Law and Society.

The Ethicality of the Demand for (Trans)Parency in Sexual Relations (2017)
Journal Article

This article considers what we owe to each other by way of information disclosure prior to sexual intimacy. It does so in one specific context, namely sexual relations between cisgender and transgender people. In recent years, the UK has witnessed a... Read More about The Ethicality of the Demand for (Trans)Parency in Sexual Relations.

The crown prosecution guidelines and grossly offensive comments: an analysis (2017)
Journal Article

This article will critically evaluate the Crown Prosecution Service guidelines concerning grossly offensive comments made via social media. Abusive comments conducted online have recently dominated newspaper headlines. The Crown Prosecution Service h... Read More about The crown prosecution guidelines and grossly offensive comments: an analysis.

Sentencing the multiple offender: In search of a ‘just and proportionate’ total sentence (2017)
Book Chapter

Older Lesbians, Gay Men and the ‘Right to Die’ debate - ‘I always keep a lethal dose of something, because I don’t want to become an elderly isolated person.' (2017)
Journal Article

This article considers the ‘right to die’ debate from the perspectives of older lesbians and gay men, drawing upon data gathered for a PhD in law. My argument is that older lesbians and gay men are multiply disadvantaged (a) by an increased risk of f... Read More about Older Lesbians, Gay Men and the ‘Right to Die’ debate - ‘I always keep a lethal dose of something, because I don’t want to become an elderly isolated person.'.

A/Effective Adjudications: Queer Refugees and the Law (2017)
Journal Article

Who is the ‘queer refugee’? How do we manage their feelings, emotions and experiences when assessing or supporting their claims for asylum? In contemporary refugee decision-making and litigation, numerous challenges arise when discerning what constit... Read More about A/Effective Adjudications: Queer Refugees and the Law.

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