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Legal education, social mobility and employability: possible selves, curriculum intervention and the role of legal work experience (2015)
Journal Article
Francis, A. (2015). Legal education, social mobility and employability: possible selves, curriculum intervention and the role of legal work experience. Journal of Law and Society, 42(2), 173-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2015.00704.x

This article interrogates a number of assumptions underpinning the recent focus on employability and social mobility within legal education and the legal profession – in particular the capacity of legal work experience to support these policy objecti... Read More about Legal education, social mobility and employability: possible selves, curriculum intervention and the role of legal work experience.

Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated? (2015)
Journal Article
Hughes, J. (2015). Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated?. Criminal Justice Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2015.1025505

Advances in forensic techniques have expanded the temporal horizon of criminal investigations, facilitating investigation of historic crimes that would previously have been considered unsolvable. Public enthusiasm for pursuing historic crimes is exem... Read More about Time and Crime: Which Cold-Case Investigations Should Be Reheated?.

Re MB (An Adult :Medical Treatment) [1997] and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998]: The Dilemma of the 'Court Ordered' Caesarean. (2015)
Book Chapter
(2015). Re MB (An Adult :Medical Treatment) [1997] and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998]: The Dilemma of the 'Court Ordered' Caesarean. In Landmark cases in medical law (145 -174)

This collection provides a fascinating insight in the interaction of medical law and broader social changes to our bodies, illness and medical professionals.

The War Against Terror and Transatlantic Information Sharing: Spillovers of Privacy or Spillovers of Security? (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The War Against Terror and Transatlantic Information Sharing: Spillovers of Privacy or Spillovers of Security?. Merkourios, 87 - 103. https://doi.org/10.5334/ujiel.cq

The EU-US Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement has been among the most controversial instruments in the fight against terrorism that the EU negotiated with the US after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The agreement has been heavily criticised for its im... Read More about The War Against Terror and Transatlantic Information Sharing: Spillovers of Privacy or Spillovers of Security?.

The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Cownie, F. (2015). The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis. Journal of Law and Society, 42(1), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2015.00701.x

In 1970, at Queen's University Belfast, Claire Palley became the first woman to hold a Chair in Law at a United Kingdom university. However, little is known about the circumstances surrounding this event, or Claire Palley herself. This article (part... Read More about The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis.

Dementia, women and sexuality: how the intersection of ageing, gender and sexuality magnify dementia concerns among lesbian and bisexual women (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Dementia, women and sexuality: how the intersection of ageing, gender and sexuality magnify dementia concerns among lesbian and bisexual women. Dementia, 1494-1514. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214564446

There is a growing appreciation of the significance of socio-cultural context for the experiences of an individual living with dementia. There is, too, an emergent awareness that dementia is a gendered issue, disproportionately affecting women compar... Read More about Dementia, women and sexuality: how the intersection of ageing, gender and sexuality magnify dementia concerns among lesbian and bisexual women.

Injuries from unforeseeable risks which advance medical knowledge—a restitution-based justification for strict liability (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Injuries from unforeseeable risks which advance medical knowledge—a restitution-based justification for strict liability. Journal of European Tort Law, https://doi.org/10.1515/jetl-2014-0014

In this article I examine the case for restitutionary-based strict liability towards patients who were injured from risks which were unforeseeable at the time of treatment: involuntarily, the patient has advanced knowledge which will prevent harm to... Read More about Injuries from unforeseeable risks which advance medical knowledge—a restitution-based justification for strict liability.

Gillick Reinstated: Judging Mid-Childhood Competence in Healthcare Law: An NHS Trust v ABC & A Local Authority [2014] EWHC 1445 (Fam). (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Gillick Reinstated: Judging Mid-Childhood Competence in Healthcare Law: An NHS Trust v ABC & A Local Authority [2014] EWHC 1445 (Fam). Medical Law Review, 303 -314. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwu033

This case commentary discusses a recent case concerning the competence of a 13-year-old girl to consent to the termination of her pregnancy. It critically analyses four specific elements of the judgment—Gillick competence, the impact of best interest... Read More about Gillick Reinstated: Judging Mid-Childhood Competence in Healthcare Law: An NHS Trust v ABC & A Local Authority [2014] EWHC 1445 (Fam)..

Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens (2014)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2014). Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens. Health Care Analysis, 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-014-0288-1

Ageism within the context of care has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Similarly, autonomy has developed into a prominent concept within health care law and ethics. This paper explores the way that ageism, understood as a set of negati... Read More about Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens.