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21 March 2017

The Regulation of Surrogacy: A Children's Rights Perspective
Katherine Wade, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College LondonKeywords: surrogacy, children’s rights, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989This...
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30 November 2016

The Adequacy of Remedies in Respect of Unsubstantiated Accusations of Child Abuse
Dr Lauren Devine, Bristol Law School, University of the West of EnglandKeywords: Remedies - child protection - referrals - unsubstantiated allegations - harmThe rationale for the need for...
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22 November 2016

Treading a Tightrope: The Fragility of Family and Religious Minority Rights in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
This article examines the uncertainties in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) relating to religious minorities, particularly case law involving families, and particularly...
Brigitte Clark
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24 October 2016

English and Scottish Adoption Orders and British Parental Orders After Surrogacy: Welfare, Competence and Judicial Legislation
Keywords: parental orders after surrogacy – adoption – welfare of child – competencyThis article seeks to explore two questions. First, given that the legal effects of an adoption order and a parental...
Kenneth McK. Norrie
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13 October 2016

The limits of marriage protection in property allocation when a relationship ends
Keywords: Marriage - property - cohabitation - family law - property lawThis article takes issue with two assumptions commonly present in recent English family law scholarship: that the property...
Rosemary Auchmuty
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6 September 2016

(Trans) Marriage Equality? Challenging Europe’s Marital ‘Dissolution Requirements’
Peter DunneKeywords: Transgender – Gender Recognition – Divorce – Human Rights –Proportionality – Marriage Law Across the Council of Europe, 23 jurisdictions require that transgender individuals...
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23 June 2016

Giving effect to young people’s right to effectively participate in criminal proceedings
Dr Ray ArthurKeywords: young people - right to a fair trial - effective participation - unfit to plead - stay of proceedings Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guarantees...
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24 May 2016

Shaping and re-shaping the caring relationship in European Law: a catalogue of rights for informal carers?
Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella, School of Law, University of LeicesterKeywords: care policies - ethic of care - gender equality - informal carersThis article explores the engagement of the...
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25 April 2016

Is criminalising children’s sexual behaviour counterproductive?
Laura Janes, Solicitor, Legal Director, Howard League for Penal ReformKeywords: Children – sexual offences – harmful sexual behaviour – youth justice system – recidivism – treatment Criminal...
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20 January 2016

Recent developments in the law relating to female genital mutilation [2016] CFLQ 87
Ruth Gaffney-Rhys, University of South WalesKeywords: FGM - Protection Orders – Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 – Serious Crime Act 2015The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced Female Genital...
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