Academically, Lady Brenda Hale has profoundly shaped British legal thought, particularly in family law, social welfare law, and equality law. A professor at the University of Manchester before joining the judiciary, she is the author of several books and articles that have become standard in British academic law, notably on the protection of vulnerable persons, women’s rights, and effective access to justice. We have chosen here to provide a non-exhaustive but representative list of her intellectual work in her first career, so to speak.
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Journal / editor |
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Subject |
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From the test tube to the coffin: Choice and Regulation in Private Life |
Sweet & Maxwell |
1996 |
Family law, private life |
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The view from court 45 |
Child and Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue 4, p. 377-386 |
1999 |
Family law |
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In defence of the Children Act |
Archives of Disease in Childhood |
2000 |
Family law |
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Editorial |
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol. 25, Issue 4, p. Iii-v |
2003 |
Family law |
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The House of Lords and Women’s Rights, or Am I really a Law Lord ? |
Legal Studies, Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 72-84 |
2005 |
Women’s rights |
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The Family, Law and Society |
6ème edn, Oxford University Press |
2008 |
Family law |
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Foreword |
Feminist judgements: from theory to practice |
2010 |
Women’s rights |
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Equality and autonomy in family law |
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol. 33, Issue 1, p. 3-14 |
2011 |
Family law |
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Argentoratum locutum: Is Strasbourg or the Supreme Court Supreme ? |
Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Pages 65-78 |
2012 |
Fundamental rights |
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New families and the welfare of children |
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol. 36, p. 26-35 |
2014 |
Family law |
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Who guards the guardians ? |
Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 100-110 |
2014 |
Separation of powers |
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Mental Health Law |
6ème edn, Sweet and Maxwell |
2017 |
Medical law |
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With the Law on Our Side |
Penguin Books |
2025 |
General law |
