Depression
Law and Ethics
Edited by Charles Foster and Jonathan Herring
Author Information
Charles Foster, Charles Foster, Senior Research Associate, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford,Jonathan Herring, Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, University of Oxford
Charles Foster is a fellow of Green Templeton College and a practising barrister at Serjeants' Inn Chambers. He is a member of the faculty of law, a senior research associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and a research associate at the Ethox Centre and the Helex Centre, all at the University of Oxford. His books include: Altruism, Welfare and the Law (with Jonathan Herring), Dementia: Law and Ethics (Editor, with Jonathan Herring and Israel Doron), Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction, Human dignity in bioethics and law, and Choosing Life, choosing Death - The Tyranny of Autonomy in Medical Law and Ethics. As a barrister he has been involved in many leading cases in recent years, including the assisted dying litigation in the House of Lords (Purdy) and the Supreme Court (Nicklinson).
Jonathan Herring is a professor of law and fellow of Exeter College at the University of Oxford. He has written many books on issues around medical law and ethics, family law, criminal law, care law, and elder law. A full list of his publications can be found at http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/profile/herringj. His books include A Very Short Introduction to Family Law , Criminal Law, and Older People in Law and Society.
Contributors:
Richard Ashcroft, Professor of Bioethics at Queen Mary University of London
Theo Bargiotas, Consultant at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
German Berrios, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge
Paul Biegler, Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University
Alan Bogg, Professor of Labour Law, University of Oxford
John Coggon, Chair in Law, University of Bristol Law School
Phil Cowen, Professor of Psychopharmacology, University of Oxford
David Crepaz-Keay, fellow of the Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham
Mary Donnelly, Professor of Law, University College, Cork
K W M (Bill) Fulford, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick
Sarah Green, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oxford.
Jay Griffiths is an award-winning author, her latest book is Tristimania: A Diary of Manic Depression (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)
Julian C Hughes, Honorary Professor of Philosophy of Ageing, Newcastle University
Richard Huxtable, Professor of Medical Ethics and Law, University of Bristol
Anthony James, Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Gemma Lewis, Research Associate, Psychiatry Division of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL
Glyn Lewis, Chair in Clinical Trials & Applied Epidemiology, Psychiatry Division, UCL
Arlie Loughnan, ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Sydney
Ivana S Marková, Reader, Hull York Medical School
Melissa Masterson, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, Fordham University
Iain McGilchrist, Consultant Psychiatrist and author
Harry Minas, Head of the Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
David Osborne, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, UCL
Barry Rosenfeld, Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University.
Rebecca Saracino, post-doctoral research fellow in psycho-oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hugh Series, Consultant in Psychiatry and Member, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Giovanni Stanghellini, Professor of Psychology and Psychopathology, G. d'Annunzio University, Italy
Jesse Wall, Lecturer, University of Otago
Chris Williams, Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry, University of Glasgow
