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Professor Shaun Pattinson's Outputs (28)

No Uncertain Terms (2018)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Kind, V. (2018). No Uncertain Terms. Biologist (London), 65(5), 6-7

Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation (2017)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Kind, V. (2017). Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation. Medical Law International, 17(3), 111-133. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533217726350

This article reports and analyses the method and findings from a 3-year interdisciplinary project investigating how the medium of law can support understanding of socio-scientific issues. Law represents one of the most important means by which societ... Read More about Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation.

EU Marketing Authorisation of Orphan Medicinal Products and Its Impact on Related Research (2017)
Journal Article
Gerke, S., & Pattinson, S. D. (2017). EU Marketing Authorisation of Orphan Medicinal Products and Its Impact on Related Research. European Journal of Health Law, 24(5), 541-564. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-12341439

Over the last 15 years, there has been a steady increase in the development of orphan medicinal products (OMPs). This raises an important question: What impact does the EU marketing authorisation of an OMP have on related research? This article estab... Read More about EU Marketing Authorisation of Orphan Medicinal Products and Its Impact on Related Research.

The Human Rights Act and the Doctrine of Precedent (2014)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2015). The Human Rights Act and the Doctrine of Precedent. Legal Studies, 35(1), 142-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12049

Conflicts between domestic precedents and subsequent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights have resulted in the lower courts following prior domestic decisions even when convinced that they will be overruled on appeal. The standard interpre... Read More about The Human Rights Act and the Doctrine of Precedent.

Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants (2012)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2012). Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants. Medical Law International, 12(2), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533212465615

The UK Clinical Trials Regulations were amended in 2006 and 2008 to facilitate research on medicinal products administered in emergency situations. The Regulations, which implement the EU Clinical Trials Directive, had previously required prior conse... Read More about Emergency Research and the Interests of Participants.

The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes (2012)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2012). The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes. Medical Law Review, 20(4), 576-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fws005

The UK is facing increasing demand for sperm and eggs for use in medical treatment and research. The disparity between supply and demand has led a number of UK bodies to recommend the adoption of a national donation system, at least with regard to ga... Read More about The Value of Bodily Material: Acquiring and Allocating Human Gametes.

Directed donation and ownership of human organs (2011)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2011). Directed donation and ownership of human organs. Legal Studies, 31(3), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2011.00195.x

This paper explores the issue of donation of organs from deceased donors for transplantation into a specified recipient. It argues that proper account should be taken of the principles underlying the Human Tissue Act 2004, which grant the donor a for... Read More about Directed donation and ownership of human organs.

Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon (2010)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon. Ratio Juris: An international journal of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 23(2), 258-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00453.x

This article responds to Holm & Coggon (2009) 22 Ratio Juris 295–309, which criticises a thesis advanced and defended in earlier (joint and sole authored) work . This ‘precautionary thesis’ is re-expressed and developed to show that Holm & Coggon’s c... Read More about Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon.

Consent and informational responsibility (2009)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2009). Consent and informational responsibility. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(3), 176-179. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2008.026401

The notion of “consent” is frequently referred to as “informed consent” to emphasise the informational component of a valid consent. This article considers aspects of that informational component. One misuse of the language of informed consent is hig... Read More about Consent and informational responsibility.

Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe (2008)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe. Medicine and law, 27(1),

This article argues for a regulatory and institutional response towards organ trading, tourism and trafficking that differs from extant approaches. European countries have hitherto adopted blanket prohibitions on organ trading (i.e. the buying or sel... Read More about Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe.

Change and Continuity (2006)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Harpwood, V. (2006). Change and Continuity. Medical Law International, 7(3), 181-182

Variations and voids: the regulation of human cloning around the world (2004)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Caulfield, T. (2004). Variations and voids: the regulation of human cloning around the world. BMC Medical Ethics, 5, https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-5-9

Background: No two countries have adopted identical regulatory measures on cloning. Understanding the complexity of these regulatory variations is essential. It highlights the challenges associated with the regulation of a controversial and rapidly e... Read More about Variations and voids: the regulation of human cloning around the world.