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‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life. (2013)
Journal Article
(2013). ‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2013.801688

Current law and social policy in the various UK legal systems privilege the conjugal couple, biological and filial relationships. Friendship remains on the margins of regulatory recognition. Yet friendship is of growing significance in contemporary s... Read More about ‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life..

Introduction (2013)
Book Chapter
Wrigley. (2013). Introduction. In Ethics, Law and Society vol V: Ethics of Care, Theorising the Ethical, and Body Politics (3 - 6). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315094342-1

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. This chapter addresses Ethics of Care, Body Politics, Theorising the Ethicaland Governance, it provides a variety of exciting perspectives by which to bring the highly... Read More about Introduction.

Body Politics (2013)
Book Chapter
Wrigley. (2013). Body Politics. In Ethics, Law and Society vol V: Ethics of Care, Theorising the Ethical, and Body Politics (177 - 181). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315094342-12

The phrase 'Body Politics' has its roots in feminist politics, particularly concerning the reproductive rights of women, it has taken on a much more general meaning, covering regulation and control over the human body from a range of ethical, legal a... Read More about Body Politics.

Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors (2013)
Book Chapter
Wrigley. (2013). Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors. In Ethics, Law and Society, Vol V (209 - 234). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter focuses on the issues concerning live organ donation and the challenges this poses for donors who have lost capacity to consent. It argues that the limitations on advance directives and surrogate decision-making mean that they can only g... Read More about Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors.

Transgender Marriage and the Legal Obligation to Disclose Gender History (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Transgender Marriage and the Legal Obligation to Disclose Gender History. Modern Law Review, 33 -53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.2011.00887.x

Section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 as amended by the Gender Recognition Act 2004 requires transgender people to disclose their ‘gender history’ to the other party to a marriage prior to the marriage ceremony. Failure to do so enables the o... Read More about Transgender Marriage and the Legal Obligation to Disclose Gender History.