Outputs (508)

Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?
Thesis

This thesis utilises radical feminism to assess whether it could be argued that marriage in the UK context has moved beyond a sexual definition: beyond consummation. The research looks at alternative relationship forms that have emerged to challenge... Read More about Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?.

The Dark Truth Behind the Convictions for 'Gender Fraud' (2015)
Journal Article

'Deceit or Disappointment? Gender Fraud Revisited'
Journal Article

Clinical Ethics Committees: an analysis of their role and function
Thesis

Healthcare Clinical Ethics Committees (CECs) are increasing in numbers. Critics argue that they undermine the moral development of the practitioner by not encouraging them to think deeply and for themselves about medical ethics. This could result in... Read More about Clinical Ethics Committees: an analysis of their role and function.

HIV positive refugees/asylum seekers and clinical trials: some ethical issues
Thesis

The aim of this thesis was to identify some of the ethical issues of HIV positive asylum seekers and refugees participating in clinical trials in Britain. While all individuals are to some degree vulnerable in clinical trials, I have shown in this th... Read More about HIV positive refugees/asylum seekers and clinical trials: some ethical issues.

Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai
Thesis

This thesis examines the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai and Maharashtra as an outcome of politics of gender and caste in a globalising India. By redeploying the historical erotic dancing in a globalising India, the dance bars emerged as the new market... Read More about Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai.

Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud
Thesis

People who (in relation to their personal taxation) defraud the Inland Revenue and people who (in relation to their supplementary benefit payments) defraud the Department of Health and Social Security are similarly engaged in economic crimes which re... Read More about Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud.

The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation
Thesis

The clash between religious belief and sexual orientation has become a key flashpoint in modern rights struggles. A decade after the first recognition of lesbians and gay men in UK equality law, the conflict continues to be played out in domestic cou... Read More about The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation.

Professional associations, agency, motivation and capacity for change: The case of social mobility and the Bar.
Thesis

This thesis uses a mixed methods approach utilising questionnaires, focus groups and interviews to explore how and why an embedded professional association may act to alter a longstanding trait of its profession. Focussing on the trait of social clos... Read More about Professional associations, agency, motivation and capacity for change: The case of social mobility and the Bar..

A-Legal space as a political strategy : an analysis of constitutive power and democracy based on case studies from Latin America
Thesis

This project develops a theory of a-legal space as a political strategy. A-legal space refers to the space created by initiatives which assume a quasi-legal or quasi-institutional form without any official basis, or where they exceed their recognized... Read More about A-Legal space as a political strategy : an analysis of constitutive power and democracy based on case studies from Latin America.