Jonathan Herring

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Many thanks to the editors and, above all, to my excellent respondents: @jonathanherring.bsky.social; Alasdair Cochrane, Anne Phillips, and Merris Amos.

@sorchamcc.bsky.social in fine form giving brilliant lecture to packed room today @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

I have a chapter out in a wonderful new book: Perspectives on Children, Rights and Vulnerability edited by the wonderful Trude Haugli and Mona Martens: many fantastic chapters.
www.idunn.no/doi/book/10....

Very excited to see this out. @ecromanis.bsky.social @sabrinagermain.bsky.social were brilliant co-editors

Unwanted intimate examinations treated as essential in the name of protection of fairness in sports, accepting that as a justification for gross violations. I recently wrote a blog on this with @jonathanherring.bsky.social and @camillapickles.bsky.social www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...

Life and Death in Private Law Private law regulates life; this is self-evident, but how does it regulate death? This edited collection explores this question. Life and death are the beginnin…

Great to see this book out. I wrote a chapter on: How Private Law Regulates Intimacy and Relationships at the Edges of Life
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-and-...

📣Coming out soon (Feb 25th) a new textbook edited by @sabrinagermain.bsky.social @jonathanherring.bsky.social and me offering insights on embedding diverse perspectives into teaching health(care) law! Info about contributors and the intro is available: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-voic...

‘The joys of fragile X’: Exeter Law Fellows and graduate student on changing perceptions of genetic condition - Exeter College Law Fellows Prof Herring and Dr Robinson have collaborated with Radhini Gawarammana (2023, BCL) to discuss approaches to fragile X syndrome.

www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/the-joys-of-...

New article with Sorcha McCormack on affirmative consent

Yes. But is “I’ve not been shown to lack capacity’ sufficient to access assisted dying? I would have thought we would want a much more robust test of capacity than that

Women’s Birthing Bodies and the Law This is the first book to unpack the legal and ethical issues surrounding unauthorised intimate examinations during labour. The book uses feminist, socio-legal…

Having a look through this for something I am working on, and it’s such a brilliant collection of chapters! 💗💗

Thank you @camillapickles.bsky.social and @jonathanherring.bsky.social for this book!

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/womens-bi...

Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles highlight how intimate examinations transcend maternity care, exposing power imbalances and violations against marginalised bodies.

New blog with @jonathanherring.bsky.social and @camillapickles.bsky.social: unwanted intimate examinations often go unchallenged, framed as 'necessary'. We want to broaden the conversation beyond healthcare, identifying areas for further research #LawSky www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...

Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles highlight how intimate examinations transcend maternity care, exposing power imbalances and violations against marginalised bodies.

Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society: new blog post with @marthe.bsky.social and Camilla Pickels.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...

Great to be at the oxford di-verse poetry festival

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill clause 3 states:

In this Act, references to a person having capacity are to be read in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

This is a bit odd as the 2005 Act describes those who lack capacity. There is no explicit definition of who has capcacity

Enjoying the fragile x congress in barcelona

Great to be speaking at FRAXI Congress on ethics of diagnosis delivery

Pleased to see my paper with Héloïse Robinson, A Right to Live Without Stigma is now out

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thank for your message and glad the book was helpful. Well done on all your success

Yes!

Managed to complete Oxford half marathon …. Just.

Very excited to be part of a team looking at how we describe conditions/disabilities and the importance of highlighting the positive aspects as well as the negative aspects. In this case Fragile X syndrome.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great to be giving this lecture today www.idpcc.pt/wp-content/u...

New article with Sorcha McCormack on affirmative consent

Goodbye Arran