Margaret Brazier
Margaret Rosetta "Margot" Brazier OBE KC (Hon) FRSA FBA FMedSci is a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law.[1]
Margaret is married to Rodney Brazier, a professor of constitutional law also at the University of Manchester.
Academic work
Brazier researches legal issues in the field of medicine, including medical ethics.[1] She is a barrister, ex-member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (1998-2001),[2] Editor of the Medical Law Review,[3] and ex-president of the Society of Legal Scholars (formerly, Society of Public Teachers of Law) (1997-1999).[4] Brazier was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5]
She has chaired a number of committees, including:
- Chair of the Animal Procedures Committee 1993–98.[6]
- Chair of Review of Surrogacy Arrangements 1996–98.[7][8]
- Chair of the Retained Organs Commission 2001–2004.[9]
- Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party The Ethics of Prolonging Life in Fetuses and the Newborn 2004–2006.[10]
Recognition
- Order of the British Empire (1997).
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1993).
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007).[11]
- Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) (2008).[12]
- Fellow of the British Academy (2014).[5]
References
- "Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- "Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "Medical Law Review, Editorial Board". Oxford Journals. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- legalscholars. "Previous Officers of The Society of Legal Scholars". Legalscholars.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). www.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Health Review proposes regulation for surrogacy". BBC News. 16 October 1998. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Surrogacy: Review for health ministers of current arrangements for payments and regulation - Report of the review team : Department of Health - Publications". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] 6. The Retained Organs Commission : Department of Health - About us". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "Nuffield Council on Bioethics seeks views on prolonging life in fetuses and the newborn | Nuffield Council on Bioethics". Nuffieldbioethics.org. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences". Acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Honorary Queen's Counsel 2008 - Ministry of Justice". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.