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Social & Legal Studies, 1996

I N THIS ARTICLE we seek to address the issue of women who kill and . how they are treated by the... more I N THIS ARTICLE we seek to address the issue of women who kill and . how they are treated by the legalsystem, in a way which moves the debate forward from its current focus on battered women who kill an abuser. Thus, we confront the situation where a woman kills an innocent third party rather than an abusive man. We explore this issue through the lens of a single case, that of Susan Christie, contending that it poses wider and more difficult questions than those posed by the situation of the battered woman who kills, both for feminist discourse concerning violent women and for feminist lawyers who seek to reform the law in a way which better accommodates female killers. On 25 March 1991, Susan Christie, a Private in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), met Penny McAllister in Drumkeeragh Forest, Northern Ireland, to walk their dogs. Penny McAllister was the wife of Captain Duncan McAllister of the Royal Signal Corps, who was on a two-year tour of duty in Northern Ireland. Duncan McAl...

Social & Legal Studies, 2010

The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. I... more The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.

Medical Law Review, 2008

... explicitly concerned with regulating embodied states, such as pain, ageing, dying, sexualambi... more ... explicitly concerned with regulating embodied states, such as pain, ageing, dying, sexualambiguity, pregnancy and ... parent who wishes to sex select or choose a genetically particularembryo, those who ... may also be expressed in a way which does not reach ethical autonomy or ...

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2010

In April 2009 a Cochrane review was published assessing the effectiveness of male circumcision in... more In April 2009 a Cochrane review was published assessing the effectiveness of male circumcision in preventing acquisition of HIV. It concluded that there was strong evidence that male circumcision, performed in a medical setting, reduces the acquisition of HIV by men engaging in heterosexual sex. Yet, importantly, the review noted that further research was required to assess the feasibility, desirability and cost-effectiveness of implementation within local contexts. This paper endorses the need for such research and suggests that, in its absence, it is premature to promote circumcision as a reliable strategy for combating HIV. Since articles in leading medical journals as well as the popular press continue to do so, scientific researchers should think carefully about how their conclusions may be translated both to policy makers and to a more general audience. The importance of addressing ethico-legal concerns that such trials may raise is highlighted. The understandable haste to find a solution to the HIV pandemic means that the promise offered by preliminary and specific research studies may be overstated. This may mean that ethical concerns are marginalized. Such haste may also obscure the need to be attentive to local cultural sensitivities, which vary from one African region to another, in formulating policy concerning circumcision.

International Review of Victimology, 1996

chapter is refreshingly much harder to classify in this way.) As I have already said, I think it ... more chapter is refreshingly much harder to classify in this way.) As I have already said, I think it is a shame that the same approach was not followed in Part 1. This contains only three chapters (by Hawkins himself, Carl Schneider and John Bell)and it cannot be said that these really reflect the range of distinctive legal orientations to the study of discretion. However, even if more examples of legal scholarship had been presented, the success of such an approach would have required more explicit and strikingly drawn comparisons between the different approaches than are to be found in the introduction to Part 2. My overall judgement is that the book reflects a number of choices which make it less successful than it might otherwise have been too great an emphasis on social science approaches as against legal ones, on methodological concerns as against substantive ones, and on micro-analysis as against macro-analysis. I would have placed more of an emphasis on the political economy of discretion, by including articles on discretion and privatization, discretion and control, discretion and the state and, even, some of those topics which Hawkins explicitly rejected. Although I liked Part 3 best, and each of the three chapters (by Roy Sainsbury, Joel Handler and Nicola Lacey) is excellent in its own way, it does not provide a comprehensive treatment of the implications of discretion for policy-makers or for academics. Where does this leave us? It is not at all clear to me why Keith Hawkins chose The Uses of Discretion as the title of the book. It is simply not a book about the uses of .discretion 'Approaches to the Study of Discretion' or, simply, 'Understanding Discretion' would have been a more accurate description. Nevertheless, it is a valuable collection of chapters which will undoubtedly and deservedly become the standard work of reference for postgraduate students and academic researchers on how to study discretion. Of course, the chapters are not all of equal quality. If I had to pick out one, it would undoubtedly be the final chapter in the book by Nicola Lacey entitled 'The Jurisprudence of Discretion: Escaping the Legal Paradigm'. This is a wonderful essay a real gem and, for me, the jewel in the crown. Lacey develops a powerful critique of the legal paradigm and the intellectual imperialism of legal theorists and makes a plea for a broader approach to the study of discretion which embraces social and political as well as legal concerns and perspectives. This is critical scholarship at its best incisive, insightful and pointing the way towards a new approach to a by now familiar problem. Everyone interested in the study of discretion should read it.

Journal of Medical Ethics, 1997

Routine neonatal male circumcision has generally failed to excite medico-legal attention. Notwith... more Routine neonatal male circumcision has generally failed to excite medico-legal attention. Notwithstanding recent debates in the ethical literature, notably in special issues or symposia in the Journal of Medical Ethics (2004, 30) and American Journal of Bioethics (2003, 3), the law has yet to engage seriously

Medical Law International, 2006

Rights to health and health care. Health care ethics. Professional accountability I. Professional... more Rights to health and health care. Health care ethics. Professional accountability I. Professional accountability II. Capacity. Consent. Children. Confidentiality and access to records. Mental health. Clinical research. Reproductive choice I: assisted conception. Reproductive choice II: abortion. Reproductive choice III. End of life. Legal Regulation of the Use of Human Material.

This chapter seeks to develop our model of ‘embodied integrity’ by addressing its capacity to pro... more This chapter seeks to develop our model of ‘embodied integrity’ by addressing its capacity to protect profoundly disabled children from irreversible non-therapeutic bodily interventions and to frame a more appropriate ethico-legal response to their care. Specifically, we suggest that the decision-making process in the controversial case of Ashley X, and much subsequent academic commentary, was impoverished and served to reify understandings of severely disabled children as frozen in a state of perpetual childhood and reducible to their bodies. In contrast, the conception of embodied integrity that we flesh out in this chapter takes account of these children’s corporeality while also recognising that they are entangled in institutional and familial contexts. Responding to evidence of a growing demand for growth attenuation and shaping surgeries we argue that our embodied understanding of integrity promotes the immediate and future interests of children, including those who are profou...