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...
Oct 27, 2015 | Adminstrative Justice, Blog, Law, Public Law, Regulation
In his two part blog Professor Robert Thomas provides an overview of tribunals in the United Kingdom before considering potential future developments for these core institutions of administrative justice. These blog contributions are drawn from a paper delivered at a...
Oct 7, 2015 | Bioethics, Blog, EU Law, Family Law, Law, Regulation
Ruth Lamont & Claire Fenton-Glynn on practical issues of cooperation in cross-national care proceedings and an upcoming workshop. Taking a child into the public care of a Local Authority is one of the most severe forms of state interference in family life, but...
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/)...
Jul 10, 2015 | Environment, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Law, Regulation
Gary Lynch-Wood and John Pearson consider the dangers of misconceptions in discussions surrounding the regulation of hydraulic fracturing. The recent decision of the Lancashire County Council Minerals and Waste Planning Authority to reject two applications relating to...
Jun 24, 2015 | Bioethics, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Law
Alex Ruck Keene considers the ramifications of the recognition and enforcement of foreign protective measures for adults with impairments within the English legal system. In Re PA, PB and PC [2015] EWCOP 38, Baker J has conducted a detailed analysis...
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