Ralph Sandland

Contact

• workRoom C54 Law and Social Sciences Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15716
• fax0115 95 15696
• ralph.sandland@nottingham.ac.uk

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

Selected Publications

• SANDLAND, R, 2024. Historical Perspectives on Law, Sexual Capacity and Intimacy. In: PRITCHARD-JONES, L. AND CLOUGH, B., ed., Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy Bristol University Press. 17-37 (In Press.)
• SANDLAND, R, 2024. The Ability of Human Rights Standards to Protect Children Diagnosed with Psychiatric Disorders or Severe Mental Health Needs. In: SLOCKENBERGA, S., GARLAND, J. AND SINGER, A., ed., Children, Human Rights and Biomedicine: Protecting Children in Pursuit of the Highest Attainable Standard of Health Brill. (In Press.)
• SANDLAND, R, 2020. The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children Human Rights Law Review. 19(4), 617-647

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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

• SANDLAND, R, 2024. Historical Perspectives on Law, Sexual Capacity and Intimacy. In: PRITCHARD-JONES, L. AND CLOUGH, B., ed., Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy Bristol University Press. 17-37 (In Press.)
• SANDLAND, R, 2024. The Ability of Human Rights Standards to Protect Children Diagnosed with Psychiatric Disorders or Severe Mental Health Needs. In: SLOCKENBERGA, S., GARLAND, J. AND SINGER, A., ed., Children, Human Rights and Biomedicine: Protecting Children in Pursuit of the Highest Attainable Standard of Health Brill. (In Press.)
• SANDLAND, R, 2020. The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children Human Rights Law Review. 19(4), 617-647
• SANDLAND, R., 2017. Lessons for Children’s Rights from Disability Rights?. In: BREMS, E., DESMET, E. AND VANDENHOLE, W., ed., Children’s rights in the global human rights landscape: isolation, inspiration, integration? Routledge.
• SANDLAND, R. AND LOBATO DE FARIA, P., 2017. The Duties of citizens with regard to health. In: ANDRE DEN EXTER, ed., European Health Law Maklu.
• SANDLAND, R., 2017. A Clash of Conventions? Participation, Power and the Rights of Disabled Children Social Inclusion. 5(3), 955
• BARTLETT, P. AND SANDLAND, R., 2014. Mental health law: policy and practice 4th ed. 4th. Oxford University Press.
• SANDLAND, R., 2013. Concubitu prohibere vago: sex and the idiot girl, 1846-1913 Feminist Legal Studies. 21(1), 81-108
• SANDLAND, R., 2013. Sex and capacity: the management of monsters? Modern Law Review. 76(6), 981-1009
• BALMER, A.S. and SANDLAND, R., 2012. Making monsters: the polygraph, the plethysmograph, and other practices for the performance of abnormal sexuality Journal of Law and Society. 39(4), 593-615
• SANDLAND, R., 2010. Children, mental disorder, and the law. In: GOSTIN, L., BARTLETT, P., FENNELL, P., MCHALE, J. and MACKAY, R., eds., Principles of mental health law and policy Oxford University Press. 655-698
• SANDLAND, R., 2009. Poetic Justice: Tabernacle v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 23 Feminist Legal Studies. 17(2), 219-228
• SANDLAND, R, 2009. Runnning To Stand Still Social and Legal Studies. 18(2), 253-257
• SANDLAND, R., 2009. Policing Care in the House of Lords Journal of Mental Health Law. 171-179
• SANDLAND, R., 2008. Developing a jurisprudence of difference: the protection of the human rights of travelling peoples by the European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Law Review. 8(3), 475-516
• BARTLETT, P. and SANDLAND, R., 2007. Mental health law: policy and practice 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• SANDLAND, R., 2007. Freedom of the press and the confidentiality of medical records: Ackroyd v. Mersey Care NHS Trust (No.2) Medical Law Review. 15(3), 400-409
• SANDLAND, R., 2007. Human Rights and the Provision of Residential Care under the National Assistance Act 1948 Journal of Mental Health Law.
• SANDLAND, R., 2005. Feminism and the Gender Recognition Act 2004 Feminist Legal Studies. 13(1), 43-66
• SANDLAND, R., 2003. Crossing and not crossing: gender, sexuality and melancholy in the European Court of Human Rights Christine Goodwin v. United Kingdom (Application no. 28957/95) [2002] I.R.L.R. 664, [2002] 2 F.L.R. 487, [2002] 2 F.C.R. 577, (2002) 35 E.H.R.R. 18, 13 B.H.R.C. 120, (2002) 67 B.M.L.R. 199, I v. United Kingdom (Application no. 25680/94) [2002] 2 F.L.R. 518, [2002] 2 F.C.R. 613 (ECHR) Feminist Legal Studies. 11(2), 191-209
• LOBATODEFARIA, P., LHUILLIER, J.M. and SANDLAND, R.P., 2003. Health law and bioethics: a European perspective. In: Europhamili: the European management training course for health service professionals Rennes: Editions de l'ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique. 69-94
• BARTLETT, P and SANDLAND, R., 2003. Mental health law: policy and practice 2nd ed.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• SANDLAND, R.P., 2002. The Rights of Patients in the EU In: Seminar at National School of Public Health.
• SANDLAND, R.P., 2002. Medical Negligence: The Prospects for Reform In: Trent Podiatric Society Forum.
• SANDLAND,R.P., 2001. Review of W. Mansell, B. Meteyard and A Thomson, A Critical Introduction to Law (London: Cavendish)(2nd ed., 1999) Social and Legal Studies. 10(3), 423-424
• BARTLETT, PETER and SANDLAND, RALPH, 2000. Mental health law : policy and practice / Peter Bartlett and Ralph Sandland London : Blackstone, 2000.
• SANDLAND, R.P. and RICHARDSON, J., 2000. Feminism, Law and Theory. In: Feminist Perspectives On Law and Theory Cavendish Publishing Ltd, London, UK. 1-22
• SANDLAND, R.P. and RICHARDSON, J., eds., 2000. Feminist Perspectives on Law and Theory Cavendish Publishing Ltd, London, UK.
• SANDLAND, R., 2000. Law Without Enforcement: Integrating Mental Health and Justice by Nigel Eastman and Jill Peay (Eds) Social and Legal Studies. VOL 9(PART 4), 597-598
• SANDLAND, R., 2000. Not `Social Justice': The Housing Association, the Judges, the Tenant and his Lover: Fitzpatrick v. Sterling Housing Association [1997] 4 All E.R. 991; [1998] 1 F.L.R. 6 (C.A.); [1999] 4 All E.R. 705 (H.L.) Feminist Legal Studies. VOL 8(PART 2), 227-239
• SANDLAND, R., 2000. Feminist Theory and Law: Beyond the Possibilities of the Present?. In: Feminist Perspectives on Law and Theory Cavendish Publishing Ltd, London, UK. 89-115
• SANDLAND, R., 1998. Seeing Double? Or, Why 'to be or not to be' is (not) the Question for Feminist Legal Studies Social and Legal Studies. VOL 7(NUMBER 3), 307-338
• SANDLAND, R., 1998. The Mirror and the Veil: Reading The Imaginary Domain Feminist Legal Studies. VOL 6(NUMBER 1), 33-58
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1998. Review of C. Burck and B. Speed (eds.), Gender, Power and Relationships (London: Routledge)(1995) International Journal of Law and the Family. 12(2), 243-245
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1996. Review of J. Eekelaar and M. Maclean (eds.), A Reader on Family Law (Oxford: OUP)(1995) International Journal of Law and the Family. 10(1), 102-104
• SANDLAND, R., 1996. The Real, the Simulacrum, and the Construction of 'Gypsy' in Law Journal of Law and Society. VOL 23(NUMBER 3), 383-405
• SANDLAND, R., 1995. Between "Truth" and Difference": Poststructuralism, Law and the Power of Feminism Feminist Legal Studies. VOL 3(NUMBER 1), 3-47
• SANDLAND, R., 1995. Problems in the Criminal Law of Adoption Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. VOL 17(NUMBER 2), 149
• SANDLAND, R., 1994. Travelling back to the future? New Law Journal. ISSUE 6650, 750
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1994. Out of the Freeing Plan..? Journal of Child Law. 152-156
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1994. Review of J. Young and R. Matthews (eds.), Rethinking Criminology: the Realist Debate and Issues in Realist Criminology (London: Sage)(1992) British Journal of Criminology. 232-233
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1994. Review of Adcock, Kammik and White (eds.), Family Law Family Law. 292
• SANDLAND, R., 1994. The common law and the `informal' minor patient Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. VOL 5(NUMBER 3), 569
• JOLLY, S. and SANDLAND, R., 1994. Political Correctness and the Adoption White Paper Family Law. VOL 24(MNTH 1), 30
• SANDLAND, R., 1993. Minors and consent to treatment Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. VOL 4(NUMBER 1), 138
• SANDLAND, R., 1993. Adoption, Law and Homosexuality: Can Gay People Adopt a Child? Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. NUMBER 5, 321
• SANDLAND,R.P., 1992. Children and Consent to Treatment Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. 3(1), 145-152