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A. Section Profile

  The Medical Law section provides a forum for members interested in any aspect of medical law and ethics to meet and discuss ideas. The section's remit is broad, with interest in all health-related issues - national, international, and global - in law, policy, and practice. The section meets at the Annual Conference, where an inclusive, engaging, scholarly environment allows participants to enjoy and discuss paper presentations and share ideas with colleagues. Generally, the format involves two formal papers per session, with plenty of time allocated for friendly, in-depth discussion.

B. Section Convenor

Dr John Coggon
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Social Ethics and Policy
School of Law, University of Manchester, Oxford Road,Manchester, M13 9PL
Tel: Please email

Email: john.coggon@manchester.ac.uk

C. Section News

- Call for Papers on Medical Law for the 2010 SLS Conference at Southampton - Published Monday January 25 2010.

D. Provisional Conference Programme

2010 Conference at Southampton

Session 1: September 13th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Law 4043

1A   Simon Taylor (Université Paris, Diderot) 

       "Providing Redress for Medical Accidents in France: Conflicting aims, Effective solutions?"

1B   John Coggon (Manchester)

       "What help is a Steward in Public Health Law and Ethics?"

Session 2: September 13th 16.00 - 17.30 Room Law 4043

2A  Louise Terry (London South Bank)

      "Dependent children of immigrant parents with no recourse to public funds: implications for health and wellbeing"

2B   Barry Lyons (Manchester)

       "'The Good that is Interred in Their Bones': Property Rights in the Child?"

Session 3 September 14th 09.30 - 11.00 Room Law 4043

3A  Peter de Cruz (Liverpool John Moores)

      "Assisted Suicide, mercy killings and lives worth living: A fine line or a fine mess?"

3B  Amel Alghrani and Margaret Brazier (Manchester)

      "When should bad doctors go to gaol?"

Session 4 September 14th 14.00 - 15.30 Room Law 4043

4A  Mark Campbell (King's College, London)

      "Medicine, Conscientious Objection and Article 9"

4B  Hazel Biggs, Caroline Jones, Jonathan Montgomery (Southampton)

      "Testing the Health of Law"

Previous Conferences

- Oxford 2003.
- Sheffield 2004.
- Strathclyde 2005.
- Keele 2006.
- Durham 2007.
- London 2008.

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