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Pericles and the Plumber: Reigniting the Debate of the Purpose of Legal Education for the age of AI
Full text linkMuch is now being said in the wake of artificial intelligence (AI) about marking and assessments. This year represents the first year in which generative AI usage is considered by the scholarly community to be widespread. The article responds to the recent policy outlined by UCL Laws to introduce a return to traditional assessments, which preserve the integrity of a law degree. We place this debate within the wider context of law schools and what legal education ought to provide for society, more generally. Universities and law schools have different public mandates and should respond in accordance with their aims, community and identity.
Keywords: AI; legal education; assessments; law degree; legal profession; law in context
Special or Not Special Enough? The Legal Status of Gender-Affirming Hormones and the Curious Case of “Q”
Full text linkRethinking Family Mediation: The Role of the Family Mediator in Contemporary Times by Rachael Blakey
Full text linkLaw and Social Policy in the Global South: Brazil, China, India, South Africa edited by Ulrike Davy and Albert H Y Chen
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Best Interests as a Rule of Procedure: Reflection on Different Regulatory Responses to Surrogacy
Full text linkThis article examines the extent to which the best interests of the child, under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, has been utilized as a rule of procedure when developing legislative responses to surrogacy. Three jurisdictions are examined which have adopted vastly different regulatory responses to surrogacy: Sweden, impliedly prohibiting surrogacy; England and Wales, permitting surrogacy on an unenforceable basis; and California, providing for enforceable surrogacy agreements. Through analysis of the development of the legislation in each jurisdiction, it is argued that the concept of best interests carries a significant risk of being a term of empty rhetoric and seeks to reinforce the value of using child’s rights impact assessments to ensure a child-centric approach to surrogacy regulation.
Keywords: best interests; surrogacy; children’s rights; UNCRC
Legal (Dis)Orders: A Feminist Assessment of India’s Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Laws
Full text linkThis article critically examines India’s legislative framework on women’s reproductive labour, focusing on the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021. It explores how these laws, with their prohibitionist approach, demand altruism on the part of women and undermine their reproductive autonomy. Our analysis combines constitutional arguments on reproductive rights, privacy and bodily autonomy with empirical research to assess the law’s ramifications in a privatized labour market. The findings underscore the resilience of women involved in reproductive labour, who resist the unjust laws and assert their rights within a complex regulatory landscape. The research further reveals that the widening demand–supply gap as a result of the restrictive laws potentially fosters an underground economy where reproductive services are rendered with exploitative repercussions for the women, which demands urgent reworking of the law.
Keywords: assisted reproductive technology (ART); reproductive labour; surrogacy; egg donation; reproductive justice