Children and the Law members’ selected publications

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Discover some of the work our members have published in relation to children and the law.

‘Rights Claims of Citizen Children of Foreign National Parents in South Africa, the UK, and the European Court of Human Rights: Hierarchies of “Illegality” and Deservingness’ (2023) 37 International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family ebad019, with Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Amanda Spalding.
‘What Does the “Best Interests of the Child” Mean for Protecting Children’s Digital Rights? A Narrative Literature Review in the Context of the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code’ (2022) 27 Communications Law 132, with Jen Persson.
‘Beyond Decisions About a Child and Decisions Affecting a Child in Deportation Cases’ (2022) 30 The International Journal of Children’s Rights 703.
A Fateful Legacy of Childhood: The Deportation of Non-Citizen Offenders from the UK’ (2021) 35 Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 230, with John Eekelaar.
‘Making the Best Interests of the Child a Substantive Human Right at the Centre of National Level Expulsion Decisions’ (2020) 38 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 169.
‘Immigration Tribunal Fees as a Barrier to Access to Justice and Substantive Human Rights Protection for Children’ [2017] Public Law 1.

‘Which ethical values underpin England’s National Health Service reset of paediatric and maternity services following COVOD-19: A rapid review (2021) 11 BMJ Open 1-25, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049214, with A. Chiumento, P. Baines, C. Redhead, H. Draper, L. Frith.
‘What role should public opinion play in ethico-legal decision making?: The example of selecting sex for non-medical reasons using preimplantation genetic diagnosis’ (2016) 24 Medical Law Review 34-58, with R. Bennett.
‘Does the theoretical framework change the legal end result for mature minors refusing medical treatment or creating self-generated pornography?’ (2013) 13 Medical Law International 6-31, with S. Ost.
‘Doctrinal incoherence or practical problem? Minor parents consenting to their offspring’s medical treatment and involvement in research in England and Wales’ (2013) 25 Child and Family Law Quarterly 1-18.
‘Re R (A Child appearing by her Guardian ad litem): Assisting conception for the single infertile’ (2006) 18 Child and Family Law Quarterly 423-44.
‘The law’s response to pregnancy and childbirth: Consistency, conflict or compromise?’ (2002) 65 Modern Law Review 290-303.

‘Children’s Rights and the ‘Power’ of Power Over’ (forthcoming) International Journal of Children’s Rights.
‘How Do Practices to 'Convert' Childhood Gender Diversity Impact a Child's Right to Develop?’ in Ilias Trispiotis and Craig Purshouse (eds), Banning 'Conversion Therapy' (2023, Hart Publishing).
‘The Legal Rights and Wrongs of Puberty Blockers in England’ (2021) 33(2) Child Family Law Quarterly115-142.
‘Visibility of Non-Cis Children’s Rights in Bell v Tavistock’ (2021) Early Career Children’s Rights Network (blog post).

‘COVID-19 vaccination and the role of informed consent: England as a case study’ (2023) 30(4) European Journal of Health Law 428-448.
‘Informing patients: the Bolam Legacy’ (2020) 20(2) Medical Law International 103-130.
‘An ethical and a legal challenge in the mitochondrial donations regulations: the right to know and trace one’s genetic origins’ (2018) 32(2) Oxford International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 170-183.

‘An Empirical Exploration of Parental Responsibility for Step-Parents’ (2014) 26(3) Child and Family Law Quarterly 301-321.
‘Brave new world? Care and custody of children at the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in mid-Victorian England’ (2024) American Journal of Legal History.

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