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MICHAEL FREEMAN LLM, Barrister Professor of English Law contact details: Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 1443 | internal: x21443 Email: michael.freeman@ucl.ac.uk Administrator: Jacqui Bennett +44 (0)20 7679 1430 | internal: x21430 |
Profile
Michael Freeman joined the Faculty in 1969 after lecturing at the University
of Leeds. He is the Founding Editor of the International Journal of Children's
Rights; Editor of the International Journal of Law in Context, General Editor
of International Library of Medicine, Ethics and Law and of the International
Library of Family, Society and Law and former Editor of the Annual Survey of
Family Law. He was editor of Current Legal Problems.
He has published in the areas of Family Law, Child Law and Policy, Children's Rights, Medicine, Ethics and the Law and Medical Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, and other areas of law and policy.
Research
Michael's research interests are in the rights of children and
in medical ethics particularly in relation to medically assisted reproduction
and the Ethics of Public Health. He is preparing a new edition of Introduction
to Jurisprudence.
Publications
Michael Freeman is the author of over 60 books including:
- Understanding Family Law (2007);
- The Best Interests of the Child (2007);
- Introduction to Jurisprudence (editions in 1972, 1979, 1985, 1994 and 2001);
- The Moral Status of Children (1997);
- Children, Their Families and The Law (1992);
- The Rights and Wrongs of Children (1983);
- Cohabitation without Marriage (1983);
- Violence in the Home - A Socio-legal Study (1979);
- The Legal Structure (1974).
Current Teaching
Undergraduate
Family Law
Conflict of Laws
Jurisprudence
Medicine, Ethics and Law
Graduate
Children and their Rights
PhD Supervision
Michael welcomes approaches from prospective doctoral students; his areas of
expertise
are in Family law, including International Family Law, Child Law and Children's
Rights, Law and medicine (including questions of medical ethics) and in modern
jurisprudence.
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