... but that does not mean that there is a right to do it. Adultery is not a crime, but there is no right to commit adultery. Lord Sumption in R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice: 41 The reason for decriminalising suicide ...
A medical professional faced with a dilemma between doing either A or B can quickly calculate the good and bad consequences that will ... 'Good as the satisfaction of demands' in P. Singer, Ethics (Oxford university Press, 1994), 207.
... 100 Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 58271, 72 Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1998] AC 232 76 Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850 72 Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust v O [2003] 1 FLR 82456 Burne v A [2006] ...
65D Feenan, D Bedford and J Herring, 'Judicial Compassion' (2015) Elder Law Journal 392. 66See: D Feenan, 'Law and Compassion' (2017)5 International Journal of Law in Context 121; S Bandes, 'Compassion and the Rule of Law) (2017) 13 ...
This is a fascinating addition to this compelling series which grapples with the most pressing issues facing lawyers today.
Third, the Chinese courts have never intervened in a guardian's medical decision for a child in judicial practice.16 For instance, the above case of the baby girl with an imperforate anus was widely reported in China and aroused heated ...
The contributions in this volume represent a collation of the broad spectrum of analyses on offer, and provide a detailed exploration of the salient legal and theoretical puzzles arising out of the body-as-property question.
This timely collection brings together philosophical, legal and sociological perspectives on the crucial question of who should make decisions about the fate of a child suffering from a serious illness.
... Health and Community Services v JWB and SMB (n 2) 269. 10 11 ibid 305. 12 ibid. 13 ibid 297. 14 C Stewart, 'Cracks in the Lintel of Consent' in I Freckelton and K Petersen (eds), Tensions and Traumas in Health Law (Sydney, Federation ...