Auteur: Professor Jonathan Herring

In the wake of the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases, a wide-ranging international conversation was started regarding alternative thresholds for intervention and the different balances that can be m …

In the wake of the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases, a wide-ranging international conversation was started regarding alternative thresholds for intervention and the different balances that can be m …

The debate over whether human bodies and their parts should be governed by the laws of property has accelerated with the pace of technological change. Having long held that a corpse could not be prop …

The debate over whether human bodies and their parts should be governed by the laws of property has accelerated with the pace of technological change. Having long held that a corpse could not be prop …

Intoxicants, substances that alter a person’s mental and physiological state, are a continuing obsession. In their effect on the mind and body, intoxicants go to the heart of what it means to be huma …

This textbook is an ambitious and engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on family law, primarily designed to allow students to ‘get under the skin’ of the topic and begin to build their …

This is the first book to unpack the legal and ethical issues surrounding unauthorised intimate examinations during labour. The book uses feminist, socio-legal and philosophical tools to explore the …

This is the first book to unpack the legal and ethical issues surrounding unauthorised intimate examinations during labour. The book uses feminist, socio-legal and philosophical tools to explore the …

Intoxicants, substances that alter a person’s mental and physiological state, are a continuing obsession. In their effect on the mind and body, intoxicants go to the heart of what it means to be huma …

‘Caring and the Law’ considers the law’s response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law. I …

‘Caring and the Law’ considers the law’s response to caring. It explores how care is valued and recognised, how it is regulated and restricted and how the values of caring are reflected in the law. I …

Dementia is a topic of enormous human, medical, economic, legal and ethical importance. Its importance grows as more of us live longer. The legal and ethical problems it raises are complex, intertwin …

Death has diverse religious, social, legal, and medical aspects and is one of the main areas in which medicine and the law intersect. In this volume, we ask: What is the meaning of death in contempor …

This book examines the idea of ”parental responsibility” in English law and what is expected of a responsible parent. The scope of ”parental responsibility”, a key concept in family law, is undef …

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays from the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group is concerned with the varying circumstances, manner, timing and experiences of birth. It contains essays from a wide …

This book examines the potential impact of human rights in the way the law interacts with families. Traditionally family law has been dominated by consequentialist/utilitarian themes. The most notabl …

There are a number of important (landmark) cases in the development of Family Law in England and Wales that deserve detailed examination and lend themselves particularly well to historical examinatio …

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays from the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group is concerned with the varying circumstances, manner, timing and experiences of birth. It contains essays from a wide …

Dementia is a topic of enormous human, medical, economic, legal and ethical importance. Its importance grows as more of us live longer. The legal and ethical problems it raises are complex, intertwin …