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An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities.
Thesis
(2018). An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities

The present thesis investigates the role of justice when informing health policies such as the reforms of health systems or those aimed at tackling health inequalities. I set the problem as a case study derived from the reforms of the Chilean health... Read More about An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities..

Arrangements for children on marriage breakdown with special reference to access
Thesis
(1982). Arrangements for children on marriage breakdown with special reference to access

The objectives of this study were to consider the causes of disputes, particularly access disputes, between parties after separation, and the adequacy of children orders in resolving these disputes. The methodology included recorded interviews with s... Read More about Arrangements for children on marriage breakdown with special reference to access.

The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy
Thesis
(2017). The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy

During the last forty years, there has been increasing interest in the concept of professional ethics, particularly in the area of medical ethics. Psychiatry as a medical speciality has been part of the process because it is deeply concerned with the... Read More about The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy.

An Exploration of the Contributions of African Feminism to the Development of International Human Rights
Thesis
(2018). An Exploration of the Contributions of African Feminism to the Development of International Human Rights

This thesis explores a selection of African based activist, literary and scholarly women’s writings to consider whether one can identify African feminism contributions to the development of international human rights. The purpose of the research is... Read More about An Exploration of the Contributions of African Feminism to the Development of International Human Rights.

Nondescript women: a study of the judicial construction of female lawbreakers as abnormal criminals and abnormal women
Thesis
Worrall, A. (1987). Nondescript women: a study of the judicial construction of female lawbreakers as abnormal criminals and abnormal women

The thesis of this study is that 'nondescript women' are a muted group within the criminal justice system. They are subject to multiple discursive oppression which is subtle and sophisticated. Their oppression is dependent not on their active and con... Read More about Nondescript women: a study of the judicial construction of female lawbreakers as abnormal criminals and abnormal women.

Feminist Judicial Decision-Making as Judicial Decision-Making: A Legitimate and Valuable Approach?
Thesis
Adams, F. (2020). Feminist Judicial Decision-Making as Judicial Decision-Making: A Legitimate and Valuable Approach?

Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law
Thesis
Al-Khatib, K. M. (1985). Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law

This thesis is concerned with the controversial problem of the legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non—interstate armed conflicts, i.e., civil wars and wars of national liberation. It examines the lengthy discussions which took place at th... Read More about Legal protection of civilians and prisoners in non-interstate armed conflict: a study in international humanitarian law.

Publications submitted for the degree of LL.D.
Thesis
Maidment, S. R. (1985). Publications submitted for the degree of LL.D

The rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups and their members in modern international law
Thesis
Thornberry, P. (1986). The rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups and their members in modern international law

The thesis concerns itself with the fundamental rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups in contemporary international law. The rights outlined are to be found in multilateral treaties and general or customary international law. The first ri... Read More about The rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups and their members in modern international law.

Professionalism, disadvantage and identity: marginal actors in the legal profession – a case study of Muslim women solicitors
Thesis
Atherton-Blenkiron, D. L. (2018). Professionalism, disadvantage and identity: marginal actors in the legal profession – a case study of Muslim women solicitors

Over the past 30 years, the solicitors’ profession has become increasingly diverse. However, the existing literature demonstrates the persistence of structural inequalities as the profession continues to be stratified on a gendered, classed and raced... Read More about Professionalism, disadvantage and identity: marginal actors in the legal profession – a case study of Muslim women solicitors.

Transgender prisoners: law, prison administration, and the emerging tension between human rights and risk
Thesis
Emerton, R. (2018). Transgender prisoners: law, prison administration, and the emerging tension between human rights and risk

Through the figure of the transgender prisoner, this thesis examines both the transformative potential, and the limits, of law and human rights, in redrawing the lines of sex/gender and expanding the possibilities and liveability of transgender lives... Read More about Transgender prisoners: law, prison administration, and the emerging tension between human rights and risk.

Exploitation and clinical trials in developing countries
Thesis
(2015). Exploitation and clinical trials in developing countries

This thesis discusses comprehensively the issue of exploitation from a normative perspective specifically relating to clinical trials within developing countries using a normative definition. Exploitation is defined from an unfairness perspective as... Read More about Exploitation and clinical trials in developing countries.

Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?
Thesis
(2014). Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?

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

'Deceit or Disappointment? Gender Fraud Revisited'
Journal Article
'Deceit or Disappointment? Gender Fraud Revisited'

Clinical Ethics Committees: an analysis of their role and function
Thesis
(2013). Clinical Ethics Committees: an analysis of their role and function

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
(2014). HIV positive refugees/asylum seekers and clinical trials: some ethical issues

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
(2012). Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai

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
(1988). Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud

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
Coyle, S. M. (2017). The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation

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.