Mary Ford

Kerry Lynn Macintosh, Illegal Beings: Human Clones and the Law

At the conceptual level, Illegal Beings is an original and thought-provoking attempt to apply US Constitutional Law to the topical and highly-controversial subject of human reproductive cloning. In its detail, however, the authors argument encounters various problems that raise serious questions about its practical applicability.

Case Comment: R (ex parte Quintavalle) v Secretary of State for Health

The House of Lords recently handed down its judgment in the case of R (On the application of Quintavalle) v. Secretary of State for Health [2003] UKHL 13. This note traces the progress of the case through the courts and analyses the legal reasoning contained in the House of Lords decision, focusing on the court’s purposive approach to interpreting the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.The House of Lords recently handed down its judgment in the case of R (On the application of Quintavalle) v. Secretary of State for Health [2003] UKHL 13. This note traces the progress of the case through the courts and analyses the legal reasoning contained in the House of Lords decision, focusing on the court’s purposive approach to interpreting the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.