Here is Honeysuckle, by #amybeach, celebrating my mother-in-law's 90th today! 🎂 open.spotify.com/track/59bynC... @jonathanherring.bsky.social
Jonathan Herring
@jonathanherring.bsky.social
Academic Lawyer. Eater of beetroot and rhubarb
Getting excited about the premiere of my song cycle, Rivers to the Sea! Live: Friday, July 10, 2026, 1 pm BST at the historic Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford. and live-streamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3oO...
A Concert of Vocal Music with baritone Andrew White and pianist Kirsten Johnson
YouTube video by Vox Novus
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The Government has finally published its draft Bill on conversion practices. My latest article for The Conversation explains what the Bill would do, where it departs from int’l standards, and the key questions that must be considered in pre-legislative scrutiny. theconversation.com/uk-plans-con...
UK plans conversion ‘therapy’ ban – what the draft legislation says
The draft bill would ban ‘abusive’ conversion practices.
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Here is the glorious waltz for piano, Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair, by #FlorencePrice, celebrating #InternationalWomensDay🎉🥳 🙌 open.spotify.com/track/1sbVY9...
Happy New Year! My first @bsky.app post, followers welcome! A huge thanks to @wtjuradio.bsky.social for including my recording of Florence Price's Rainbow Waltz to close their New Year's Day Classical Sunrise show! It's great to have my music shared in my home state, thank you! www.wtju.net
WTJU 91.1 FM - UVA's Community Radio Station
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With Matt Dyson (Oxford), Rachel Tolley (Cambridge), & Paul Jarvis (Criminal Bar Association), I will host the next Assize Seminar in Criminal Law at UCL Laws on 7 Nov. Speakers include: @jonathanherring.bsky.social, Jessica Corsi, Findlay Stark. Info + (free) tickets: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Assize Seminar – Cutting Edge Criminal Law
organised by Mark Dsouza (UCL), Matthew Dyson (Oxford, Chair), Paul Jarvis (CBA) and Rachel Clement Tolley (Cambridge)
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@jonathanherring.bsky.social & @sorchamcc.bsky.social thought provoking paper 'Reframing Rape: From Consent to Responsibility' is the last of our Editor's Choice. Available to read now until October 31st for free! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Many thanks to the editors and, above all, to my excellent respondents: @jonathanherring.bsky.social; Alasdair Cochrane, Anne Phillips, and Merris Amos.
@sorchamcc.bsky.social in fine form giving brilliant lecture to packed room today @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social
I have a chapter out in a wonderful new book: Perspectives on Children, Rights and Vulnerability edited by the wonderful Trude Haugli and Mona Martens: many fantastic chapters. www.idunn.no/doi/book/10....
Very excited to see this out. @ecromanis.bsky.social @sabrinagermain.bsky.social were brilliant co-editors
Unwanted intimate examinations treated as essential in the name of protection of fairness in sports, accepting that as a justification for gross violations. I recently wrote a blog on this with @jonathanherring.bsky.social and @camillapickles.bsky.social www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...
Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society
Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles highlight how intimate examinations transcend maternity care, exposing power imbalances and violations against marginalised bodies.
transformingsociety.co.uk
HR 28, the bill to require genital inspections in women's sports, passes with just two Democratic votes. DOA in the Senate. #HoldTheLine
Great to see this book out. I wrote a chapter on: How Private Law Regulates Intimacy and Relationships at the Edges of Life www.bloomsbury.com/uk/life-and-...
Life and Death in Private Law
Private law regulates life; this is self-evident, but how does it regulate death? This edited collection explores this question. Life and death are the beginnin…
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📣Coming out soon (Feb 25th) a new textbook edited by @sabrinagermain.bsky.social @jonathanherring.bsky.social and me offering insights on embedding diverse perspectives into teaching health(care) law! Info about contributors and the intro is available: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-voic...
www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/the-joys-of-...
‘The joys of fragile X’: Exeter Law Fellows and graduate student on changing perceptions of genetic condition - Exeter College
Law Fellows Prof Herring and Dr Robinson have collaborated with Radhini Gawarammana (2023, BCL) to discuss approaches to fragile X syndrome.
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New article with Sorcha McCormack on affirmative consent
New blog with @jonathanherring.bsky.social and @camillapickles.bsky.social: unwanted intimate examinations often go unchallenged, framed as 'necessary'. We want to broaden the conversation beyond healthcare, identifying areas for further research #LawSky www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...
Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society
Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles highlight how intimate examinations transcend maternity care, exposing power imbalances and violations against marginalised bodies.
transformingsociety.co.uk
Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society: new blog post with @marthe.bsky.social and Camilla Pickels. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...
Unwanted intimate examinations, patriarchy and power over marginalised bodies - Transforming Society
Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Jonathan Herring and Camilla Pickles highlight how intimate examinations transcend maternity care, exposing power imbalances and violations against marginalised bodies.
transformingsociety.co.uk
Great to be at the oxford di-verse poetry festival
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill clause 3 states: In this Act, references to a person having capacity are to be read in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This is a bit odd as the 2005 Act describes those who lack capacity. There is no explicit definition of who has capcacity
Great to be speaking at FRAXI Congress on ethics of diagnosis delivery
Pleased to see my paper with Héloïse Robinson, A Right to Live Without Stigma is now out www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A right to live without stigma? Examining negative stereotyping, negative messages, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights | Legal Studies | Cambridge Core
A right to live without stigma? Examining negative stereotyping, negative messages, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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Managed to complete Oxford half marathon …. Just.
Very excited to be part of a team looking at how we describe conditions/disabilities and the importance of highlighting the positive aspects as well as the negative aspects. In this case Fragile X syndrome. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New article with Sorcha McCormack on affirmative consent