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International Women’s Day – WILNET presents Jane Addams

Mar 8, 2016 | Events, Human Rights, International Law, Law, MILC, Peaceful Resolution of Disputes

On today, International Women’s Day, The School of Law’s Manchester International Law Centre (MILC) is proud to introduce the Women in International Law Network: The Olive Schill Society (WILNET). Founded by female researchers of MILC, this new platform aims to...

Will, Preferences, and the Danger of Confusing Wants and Needs – Some Thoughts on the UNCRPD

Nov 15, 2015 | Bioethics, Blog, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Human Rights, International Law, Law

Paul Skowron reflects on one of the challenges presented by the UNCRPD.   ‘There is no necessary connection between what you can judge the plant “needs” and what you want’ -GEM Anscombe, ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’ (1958) 33 Philosophy 1, 6   Introduction This...

What is ‘proper medical treatment’?

Aug 20, 2015 | Bioethics, Criminology, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Human Rights, Law

Alex Mullock and Sara Fovargue  introduce the key themes from their new book on the ‘medical exception’ in law.  In The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment: What Role for the Medical Exception? (Routledge: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138819634/)...

What difference does it make? Do we really learn lessons from Safeguarding Adults Reviews?

Jun 11, 2015 | Bioethics, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Human Rights, Law

Kirsty Keywood reflects on the challenges  presented by Safeguarding Adults Reviews in light of the Care Act 2014 Introduction Those of us who are involved in the law relating to adult safeguarding are sadly aware of the all too frequent occurrence of deaths, neglect...

The Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2015 – Shami Chakrabarti

Feb 26, 2015 | Criminal justice, Events, Human Rights, Law, Regulation

The University of Manchester School of Law is delighted that Shami Chakrabarti will deliver the 2015 Pankhurst Lecture, and further to this has kindly offered her thoughts on the future for human rights to the blog. My work at Liberty has been second only to...

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