Research in Gender, Sexuality and Law (GSL) analyses the role of law in constructing femininities and masculinities through the regulation of embodiment, intimacy and care. GSL work adopts a critical socio-legal perspective by investigating rights struggles and representations of law on their own terms and as they interact with legal doctrine, public policy and legal theory. Since the 1990s, members of the Law School (latterly the Centre for Law, Ethics and Society) have developed an international reputation for top-quality innovative research in this field.
GSL members have recently published edited collections, research monographs and journal articles on topics ranging from relationship recognition to legal embodiment, and from egalitarianism to transgender reform. GSL provides postgraduate research training through PhD supervision, the LLM in Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights, and collaborative CentreLGS initiatives such as PECANS. GSL research culture is sustained through a thriving programme of research events, visits and exchanges, which have been supported by funding from the AHRC, the ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust and the British Academy.
Current key collaborative research projects address reform of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (led by Marie Fox); law, culture and technology (led by Lieve Gies); and feminism and international law (led by Zoe Pearson)
Last Updated: September 2009