Outputs (34)

Love and Human Rights (2023)
Journal Article
Douglas, B. (2023). Love and Human Rights. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 43(2), 273–297. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqac034

This article explains and critiques the protection of love within judgments concerning relationships under the Human Rights Act 1998. Using theory of emotion to conduct doctrinal analysis of the protection of love within international human rights la... Read More about Love and Human Rights.

A Human Constitution (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2022, December). A Human Constitution. Paper presented at Law Research Seminar, Hull, England

Human Foundations of Constitutional Architecture (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2022, December). Human Foundations of Constitutional Architecture. Paper presented at The Constitutional Architecture of these Islands, International Society of Public Law Great Britain and Ireland Chapter, Online

Love as a Human Rights in Medical Treatment (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2020, December). Love as a Human Rights in Medical Treatment. Paper presented at Feminist Ethics of Care and the Doctor-Woman medical encounter: What Love has to do with it?, Rome

What's love got to do with it? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2019, December). What's love got to do with it?. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars, University of Central Lancashire, England

What's love got to do with it? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2019, December). What's love got to do with it?. Paper presented at Irish Association of Law Teachers, Limerick, Ireland

“I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.” The importance of AI being able to say no. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2018, December). “I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.” The importance of AI being able to say no. Paper presented at Regulating Intelligence: The Challenge of Consciousness in New Forms of Life, Newcastle, England

"He loved Big Brother" But What of the State's Love for the Citizen? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2018, December). "He loved Big Brother" But What of the State's Love for the Citizen?. Paper presented at Constitutionalism, Scale and Tyranny, Durham, England

Too Attentive to our Duty: The Fundamental Conflict Underlying Human Rights Protection in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Douglas, B. (2018). Too Attentive to our Duty: The Fundamental Conflict Underlying Human Rights Protection in the UK. Legal Studies, 38(3), 360-378. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2017.25

Are we defined by the choices we make or the duties we owe? This paper argues that there is a conflict between the fundamental conception of the individual as possessing the capacity to choose how to live, which has been held to be the foundation of... Read More about Too Attentive to our Duty: The Fundamental Conflict Underlying Human Rights Protection in the UK.

The mtDNA of Human Rights (2017)
Journal Article
Douglas, B. (2018). The mtDNA of Human Rights. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 43(1), 86-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243917737853

Mitochondrial replacement therapy is a process whereby a child is created by combining the nuclear DNA of two people wishing to have a child with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) donated by a third person. It poses a new question as to the extent of a perso... Read More about The mtDNA of Human Rights.

Modifying the Trolley Problem to Develop Understanding of Ethics (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B., & Kind, V. (2016, December). Modifying the Trolley Problem to Develop Understanding of Ethics. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars, Oxford, England

The Implications of the Nature of Being for Human Rights Protection (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2016, December). The Implications of the Nature of Being for Human Rights Protection. Paper presented at Intersubjectivity and Values, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Safe Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion and the Law (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2016, December). Safe Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion and the Law. Paper presented at St Chad’s College Perspectives Programme, Durham, England

The Phenomenology of Dignity - Why Dignity Discourse Alone Cannot Fix the UK's Human Rights Hostility (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2016, December). The Phenomenology of Dignity - Why Dignity Discourse Alone Cannot Fix the UK's Human Rights Hostility. Paper presented at The Future of Human Dignity, Utrecht, Holland

Human Rights and Philosophical Underpinning of the Autonomy/Paternalism Debate (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2015, December). Human Rights and Philosophical Underpinning of the Autonomy/Paternalism Debate. Paper presented at Young People with Mental Disorder - Is the Law Fit for Purpose?

Undignified Rights: The Importance of a basis in Dignity for the Possession of Human Rights in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Douglas, B. (2015). Undignified Rights: The Importance of a basis in Dignity for the Possession of Human Rights in the United Kingdom. Public Law, 2015(2), 241-257

Chimp of Trial (Witness for the Defence) (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Cross, C., Dean, L., Douglas, B., & Price, B. (2015). Chimp of Trial (Witness for the Defence). [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Durham. 18 March 2015. (Unpublished)

Flannel and the Cloth (2014)
Journal Article
Douglas, B., & Wilkinson, D. (2014). Flannel and the Cloth

Why We Have & Need Human Rights (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2014, December). Why We Have & Need Human Rights. Paper presented at School Discussion, Ackworth, England

Commentary on: Dr. Ilke Turkmendag, “It is just a battery: m(DNA) replacement and the right to know.” (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2014, December). Commentary on: Dr. Ilke Turkmendag, “It is just a battery: m(DNA) replacement and the right to know.”. Paper presented at New Technologies, Developments in the Biosciences and the New Frontiers of Human Rights, Durham, England

Let’s Get Metaphysical: Interpreting Article 8 using Sartre and Gewirth (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2014, December). Let’s Get Metaphysical: Interpreting Article 8 using Sartre and Gewirth. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars, Nottingham, England

A Metaphysical Understanding of the Variable Extent of Privacy Protection under the European Convention on Human Rights (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2013, December). A Metaphysical Understanding of the Variable Extent of Privacy Protection under the European Convention on Human Rights. Paper presented at Fifth Northumbria Information Rights Conference, Newcastle, England

Lets Get Metaphysical: Article 8, Alan Gewirth and Jean-Paul Sartre (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2013, December). Lets Get Metaphysical: Article 8, Alan Gewirth and Jean-Paul Sartre. Paper presented at Staff Seminar, Durham, England

The English Legal System (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2012, December). The English Legal System. Paper presented at Workshop on the English Legal System, Case Management and Human Rights for the Thai Judiciary, Durham, England

School Workshop on Human Rights (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2012, December). School Workshop on Human Rights

The Songs of Angry Men: Why the Human Rights Act has not been Accepted (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2012, December). The Songs of Angry Men: Why the Human Rights Act has not been Accepted. Paper presented at Borderlands Interdisciplinary Discussion Series, Durham, England

Killer Whales: A Question of Humanitee (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2012, December). Killer Whales: A Question of Humanitee. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference on Biosciences, Durham, England

Property Restitution (2011)
Book Chapter
Allen, T., & Douglas, B. (2011). Property Restitution. In A. Buyse, & M. Hamilton (Eds.), Transitional Jurisprudence and the ECHR: Justice, Politics and Rights. Cambridge University Press

Was the Killing of Bin Laden Justified? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2011, December). Was the Killing of Bin Laden Justified?

Humpty Dumpty and Convention Rights (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2010, December). Humpty Dumpty and Convention Rights. Paper presented at Human Rights Centre Post-graduate Workshop, Durham, England

The Clothes We Stand Up In: Identity, Clothing and Streaking (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2010, December). The Clothes We Stand Up In: Identity, Clothing and Streaking. Paper presented at Interdisciplinary Forum on Clothing, Durham, England

Nobody Tosses a Dwarf: The Interpretation of Human Rights (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Douglas, B. (2010, December). Nobody Tosses a Dwarf: The Interpretation of Human Rights. Paper presented at Ustinov Seminar Series, Durham, England

The Human in Human Rights, with Reference to Dwarf Tossing and Alligator Wrestling
Exhibition / Performance
Douglas, B. (2011). The Human in Human Rights, with Reference to Dwarf Tossing and Alligator Wrestling. [Bright Club Comedy]. Performed at Newcastle, England. (Unpublished)

Chimp of Trial (Witness for the Defence)
Exhibition / Performance
Cross, K., Dean, L., Douglas, B., Price, B., Slocombe, K., & Seed, A. (2016). Chimp of Trial (Witness for the Defence). [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham. (Unpublished)