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Operationalizing the Right to Health through the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Operationalizing the Right to Health through the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework

Developing states lack access to pandemic influenza vaccines. The provision of ‘essential’ medicines is a core, non-derogable obligation of the right to health in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which stat... Read More about Operationalizing the Right to Health through the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework.

The debate about wheelchair spaces on buses goes ‘round and round’: access to public transport for people with disabilities as a human right (2018)
Journal Article
Pearson, A. (2018). The debate about wheelchair spaces on buses goes ‘round and round’: access to public transport for people with disabilities as a human right. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v69i1.68

This article examines the cases bought by Paulley concerning access to buses for wheelchair users when the wheelchair space is occupied by a buggy. It argues that the conclusion by the Supreme Court was unsatisfactory and a missed opportunity for a p... Read More about The debate about wheelchair spaces on buses goes ‘round and round’: access to public transport for people with disabilities as a human right.

‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name? (2018)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2018). ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?. Journal of Adult Protection, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-07-2017-0029

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore and critique the conceptual and terminological shift – particularly from ‘vulnerability’ to ‘adult at risk’ - in adult safeguarding under the Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales... Read More about ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?.

Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral (2018)
Journal Article
Prost, M. (2018). Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral. https://doi.org/10.4000/revdh.5500

Does the absence of legal unity challenge the universality of human rights? Is the systematic integration of human rights in other branches of law a remedy to fragmentation? This article offers a critique of « integral human-rightism », i.e. the proj... Read More about Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral.

‘Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts’ (2018)
Journal Article
Fay. (2018). ‘Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts’. InnovAiT, https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738017735139

Data is frequently handled by GPs during their day-to-day work. This includes not only clinical data where patient information is handled, but also organisational data. Clinicians must be aware of the regulations that govern information handling. Thi... Read More about ‘Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts’.

Civic Conscience, Selective Conscientious Objection and Lack of Choice (2017)
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Nehushtan, Y. (2017). Civic Conscience, Selective Conscientious Objection and Lack of Choice. Ratio Juris, 433-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12184

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
(2017). C-621/15 - W And Others v Sanofi Pasteur: An Example of Judicial Distortion and Indifference to Science. Medical Law Review, 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwx049

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)
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(2017). An Examined Life: Research into University Legal Education in the United Kingdom and the Journal of Law and Society. Journal of Law and Society, S129-S143. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12053

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
(2017). The Ethicality of the Demand for (Trans)Parency in Sexual Relations. Australian Feminist Law Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2017.1376366

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 Ethicality of the Demand for (Trans)Parency in Sexual Relations (2017)
Journal Article
Sharpe, A. (in press). The Ethicality of the Demand for (Trans)Parency in Sexual Relations. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 43(2), 161-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2017.1376366

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
Higson-Bliss, L. (2017). The crown prosecution guidelines and grossly offensive comments: an analysis. Journal of Media Law, 173 - 188. https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2017.1369574

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.

A/Effective Adjudications: Queer Refugees and the Law (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). A/Effective Adjudications: Queer Refugees and the Law. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 453 - 468. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2017.1341394

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.

Queering Judgment: The Case of Gender Identity Fraud (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Queering Judgment: The Case of Gender Identity Fraud. Journal of Criminal Law, 417-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018317728828

This article is a response to a series of recent successful sexual offence prosecutions brought against transgender and other gender non-conforming people for gender identity fraud, and specifically to Leveson LJ’s judgment in the Court of Appeal dec... Read More about Queering Judgment: The Case of Gender Identity Fraud.

'Queering Judgement: the case of gender identity fraud' (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). 'Queering Judgement: the case of gender identity fraud'. Journal of Criminal Law, 417-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018317728828

This article is a response to a series of recent successful sexual offence prosecutions brought against transgender and other gender non-conforming people for gender identity fraud, and specifically to Leveson LJ’s judgment in the Court of Appeal dec... Read More about 'Queering Judgement: the case of gender identity fraud'.

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
(2017). 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.'. Social and Legal Studies, 606-628. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663917693916

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.'.

Section 61 of the Trustee Act 1925: A Judicious Breach of Trust? (2017)
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Haley, M. (2017). Section 61 of the Trustee Act 1925: A Judicious Breach of Trust?. Cambridge Law Journal, 76(3), 537-565. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197317000629

This article is concerned with s. 61 of the Trustee Act 1925. It will analyse the origins, design and modern day operation of the jurisdiction to relieve a trustee from personal liability following a breach of trust. It will revisit the threshold con... Read More about Section 61 of the Trustee Act 1925: A Judicious Breach of Trust?.