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Ralph Sandland
Professor of Law and Difference, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Biography
Ralph Sandland was educated at the University of Kent and Trinity Hall, Cambridge before taking up a lecturing post in the School of Law in 1990. Ralph teaches in the areas of family law, health care law, mental health law and the rights of the child. His research interests span these areas, as well as jurisprudence, feminist theory and postmodern philosophy.
Expertise Summary
Ralph has a long-standing interest in issues around gender and the law. He is also actively engaged in research on mental health and mental capacity law, with particular reference to the situation and rights of children. He has a particular interest in the history of mental health and mental capacity law, and its interface with family law.
Teaching Summary
Ralph teaches Healthcare Law, Family Law, The Rights of the Child and Mental Healh Law.
Research Summary
Current research:
- the rights and interests of trans persons
- mental health and mental capacity law, with particular reference to the situation of children
- children's rights
Current PhD Students
- Saunders, Rachel: Exploring the interplay between rights and technology through the lens of networked rights (co-supervised with Professor Abigail Barr and Doctor Liz Dowthwaite)
- Watson, Danni: Queer, Crip, Rights? Establishing a new Identity Model of Disability for a post- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Co-supervised with Professor Peter Bartlett)
Past Research
I have published, and have a continuing interest in:
- law and gender
- mental health law
- history of mental health law
- the rights of children
Future Research
- plans for a 5th edition of Mental Health Law, Policy and Practice
- law, equality and gender identity