Children and the Law members’ selected publications

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Discover some of the work our members have published in relation to children and the law.

Dr Jonathan Collinson 
  • ‘Rights Claims of Citizen Children of Foreign National Parents in South Africa, the UK, and the European Court of Human Rights: Hierarchies of “Illegality” and Deservingness’ (2023) 37 International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family ebad019, with Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Amanda Spalding.
  • ‘What Does the “Best Interests of the Child” Mean for Protecting Children’s Digital Rights? A Narrative Literature Review in the Context of the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code’ (2022) 27 Communications Law 132, with Jen Persson. 
  • ‘Beyond Decisions About a Child and Decisions Affecting a Child in Deportation Cases’ (2022) 30 The International Journal of Children’s Rights 703.
  • A Fateful Legacy of Childhood: The Deportation of Non-Citizen Offenders from the UK’ (2021) 35 Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 230, with John Eekelaar.
  • ‘Making the Best Interests of the Child a Substantive Human Right at the Centre of National Level Expulsion Decisions’ (2020) 38 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 169.
  • ‘Immigration Tribunal Fees as a Barrier to Access to Justice and Substantive Human Rights Protection for Children’ [2017] Public Law 1.
Professor Sara Fovargue
  • ‘Which ethical values underpin England’s National Health Service reset of paediatric and maternity services following COVOD-19: A rapid review (2021) 11 BMJ Open 1-25, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049214, with A. Chiumento, P. Baines, C. Redhead, H. Draper, L. Frith.
  • ‘What role should public opinion play in ethico-legal decision making?: The example of selecting sex for non-medical reasons using preimplantation genetic diagnosis’ (2016) 24 Medical Law Review 34-58, with R. Bennett.
  • ‘Does the theoretical framework change the legal end result for mature minors refusing medical treatment or creating self-generated pornography?’ (2013) 13 Medical Law International 6-31, with S. Ost.
  • ‘Doctrinal incoherence or practical problem? Minor parents consenting to their offspring’s medical treatment and involvement in research in England and Wales’ (2013) 25 Child and Family Law Quarterly 1-18.
  • ‘Re R (A Child appearing by her Guardian ad litem): Assisting conception for the single infertile’ (2006) 18 Child and Family Law Quarterly 423-44.
  • ‘The law’s response to pregnancy and childbirth: Consistency, conflict or compromise?’ (2002) 65 Modern Law Review 290-303.
Dr Hannah Hirst
  • ‘Children’s Rights and the ‘Power’ of Power Over’ (forthcoming) International Journal of Children’s Rights.
  • ‘How Do Practices to 'Convert' Childhood Gender Diversity Impact a Child's Right to Develop?’ in Ilias Trispiotis and Craig Purshouse (eds), Banning 'Conversion Therapy' (2023, Hart Publishing).
  • ‘The Legal Rights and Wrongs of Puberty Blockers in England’ (2021) 33(2) Child Family Law Quarterly115-142.
  • ‘Visibility of Non-Cis Children’s Rights in Bell v Tavistock’ (2021) Early Career Children’s Rights Network (blog post).
Dr Caterina Milo
  • ‘COVID-19 vaccination and the role of informed consent: England as a case study’ (2023) 30(4) European Journal of Health Law 428-448.
  • ‘Informing patients: the Bolam Legacy’ (2020) 20(2) Medical Law International 103-130.
  • ‘An ethical and a legal challenge in the mitochondrial donations regulations: the right to know and trace one’s genetic origins’ (2018) 32(2) Oxford International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 170-183.
Ms Penelope Russell 
  • ‘An Empirical Exploration of Parental Responsibility for Step-Parents’ (2014) 26(3) Child and Family Law Quarterly 301-321.
  • ‘Brave new world? Care and custody of children at the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in mid-Victorian England’ (2024) American Journal of Legal History.
Dr Sabine Little
  • Little, S. and Zhou, Y. (2024, online first) Beyond roots and wings: co-constructing a framework for heritage language children's liminal and limbotic identities. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 
  • Little, S. and Lahmar, J. (2024, online first): Understanding parents’ pragmatic and emotional attachments to ‘their' language in multilingual family contexts: exploring self-assessment options for family well-being. International Journal of Multilingualism. 
  • Little, S. (2024): Rivers of multilingual reading: exploring biliteracy experiences among 8-13-year old heritage language readers, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45(2), 323-336. 
  • Little, S. and Murray, R. (2024) The multilingual children's library as physical and metaphorical 'space' within the community: Practical and emotional considerations. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 56(1), 131-144.
Ms Penny Russell 
  • ‘An Empirical Exploration of Parental Responsibility for Step-Parents’ (2014) 26(3) Child and Family Law Quarterly 301-321.
  • ‘Brave new world? Care and custody of children at the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in mid-Victorian England’ (2024) American Journal of Legal History.
Dr Christina Tatham
  • Tatham, C. (2023). A systematic literature review of Third Space theory in research with children (aged 4-12) in multicultural educational settings, Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 
  • Tatham-Fashanu, C. (2022) Enhancing participatory research with young children through comic-illustrated ethnographic field notes. Qualitative Research 
  • Tatham-Fashanu C (2021) A third space pedagogy: embracing complexity in a super-diverse, early childhood education setting. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1-19
Dr Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli
  • Martuscelli PN, Ahmed B & Sammonds P (2024) ‘Resettlement is worthwhile for our children’s future’: reflections from the Stateless Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. Comparative Migration Studies, 12(1). 
  • Martuscelli PN, Paiva GAAD, Pereira CDA & Silva BKPD (2024) How does IR study children? A Brazilian perspective from the field. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 67(1). 
  • Martuscelli PN (2024) How do children and youth participate in transitional justice mechanisms in post-accord Colombia?, Youth and sustainable peacebuilding Manchester Press Nabuco 
  • Martuscelli P (2023) ‘Anchor Babies’ and ‘Imposter Children’: Childhoods’ Representations in Global Migration Politics In Berents H & Beier M (Ed.), Children, Childhoods, and Global Politics (pp. 17-30). 
  • Nabuco Martuscelli P (2022) Family Reunification and Childhoods Is Brazil Guaranteeing the Best Interests of “Refugee” Children? In Josiowicz, AJ & Coronado. I (Ed.), Children crossing borders: Latin American migrant childhoods (pp. 155-173). 
  • Martuscelli PN & Bandarra L (2020) Triply silenced agents: cognitive structures and girl soldiers in Colombia. Critical Studies on Security, 8(3), 223-239.