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Dr Thérèse Callus
List of Publications
Edited books; Reports:
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Adolescents, Autonomy and Medical Treatment: Divergence and convergence across the globe
(with B.Feuillet, R.Ida) Bruylant, De Boek, Belgium 2012.
Who is my genetic parent? Donor anonymity and assisted reproduction - a cross-cultural
perspective, (with B.Feuillet, K.Orfali,) Bruylant, Belgium, 2011.
Community of Property: a regime for England and Wales (with E. Cooke and A. Barlow) (2006),
Bristol, Policy Press, The Nuffield Foundation.
Journal publications:
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A new parenthood paradigm for 21st Century Family law in England and Wales? (2012) 32 (3)
Legal Studies 347-368.
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Ensuring Operational Compliance and Ethical Responsibility in the Regulation of ART: The
HFEA, Past, Present, and Future, (2011) 3(1) Law, Innovation and Technology 85-111.
La 'filiation' en droit anglais" (2009)Recherches Familiales, "La réforme de la filiation", 7.
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First 'designer babies', now à la carte parents (2008) Family Law 143.
Vers la création d'un régime matrimonial européen? Leçons du droit comparé in 'Le droit
européen et la création du droit'. Chronique de droit européen et comparé No. XIV (2007) Les
Petites Affiches 241, 15-21.
Patient perceptions of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (2007) 15 Medical Law
Review 62-85.
Tempered Hope? A qualified right to know one's genetic origin: Odivre v. France (2004) 67:4
Modern Law Review 658.
Community of Property a study for England and Wales (2004) Family Law 47 (with A.Barlow &
E.Cooke).
Omnis definition periculosa est: on the definition of the term "embryo" in the Human
Fertilisation & Embryology Act 1990 (2003) Medical Law International vol. 6, p. 1.
Les normes du Conseil de l'Europe dans la construction d'un droit communautaire de la
biomédecine: sources empruntées, sources délaissées..." Chronique no.2: Questionnement sur
la place des normes internationales et européennes dans l'ordre juridique communautaire, Les
Petites Affiches, 29 Juillet 2002, no.150, p.8.
Wrongful life la française Medical Law International (2001) vol.5 no.2, p.117.
Conjoined Twins : respect for human dignity may provide the answer New Law Journal (2000)
vol 150, p.1362
Book Chapters
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The Ethics Deficit - Does the UK need a national bioethics committee? In Essays in Honour of
Penelope Agallopoulou, ANT.N.Sakkoulas (Athens) 2011 p265-284.
Child welfare and family friendly employment law - lessons from Family law? (with Grace
James) inFamilies, Care-giving and Paid Work, ed. G.James, N.Busby (Edward Elgar 2011) p173189.
L'autonomie relative du mineur 'mûr' en droit anglais in B.Feuillet-Liger, R.Ida (eds) in
Adolescent et Acte médical : regards croisés, Bruylant, Belgium 2011.
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From total to partial anonymity: the (r)evolution of English law in ART, in B.Feuillet, K.Orfali,
T.Callus, Who is my genetic parent? Donor anonymity and assisted reproduction - a crosscultural perspective, Bruylant, Belgium, 2011.
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De l'anonymat assuré à l'anonymat affaibli : la (r)évolution du droit anglais en matiere de
procréation médicalement assistée (2009) in B.Feuillet-Liger (ed.) Procération Médicalement
Assistée - Panorama International, Bruylant 179-193.
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Pluralisme familial et parentalité: le principe d'égalité et le juge anglais in Le Pluralisme
familial, Aspects juridiques et comparés, edited by O. Roy, Presses Universitaires de Paris
Ouest, PUF/Flammarion, Collection Sciences juridiques et politiques (forthcoming, 2009).
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Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis towards a principled construction of law? in A. GarwoodGowers et al (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics (Elsevier: 2005).
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Conference Papers:
Invited paper: 'Réflexions sur l'autonomie, la liberté et la responsabilité en droit anglais' (The
Female Body and Biomedicine : Reflections on Autonomy, Liberty and Responsibility in English
law) at the fourth international workshop of the International Academic Network on Bioethics
on the Female Body and Bioethics in Tozeur, Tunisia, December 2011.
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Invited paper: 'La conservation du sang de cordon au Royaume-Uni'.(Storage of umbilical cord
blood in the UK) at an international multi-disciplinary conference on the anthropological,
ethical, legal, and political implications of the use of human blood, Le sang : enjeux
anthropologiques, éthiques, juridiques et politiques, University of Marseille, France, 12th-14th
October 2011
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Public lecture : La procréation médicalement assistée et l'anonymat du don,, Les midis du
Centre de droit médical et biomédical, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 11th May
2011.
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Les proches et fin de vie médicalisée en droit anglais, invited paper at the International
Workshop of the International Academic Bioethics Network, Université de Rennes I, France,
27th -28th May 2010
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Lesbian co-parents: a pilot study, paper presented at the SLSA Annual Conference 2009, De
Montford University, Leicester, 7th April 2009.
"L'adolescent et l'acte médical: l'approche du droit anglais", Invited paper at the Second
International Workshop of the Réseau Universitaire Internationale de Bioéthique, University of
Kyoto, Japan, 5th-6th January 2009 (presented by video).
'Parents' in same-sex families: status or role? Paper presented at the Gender, Family
Responsibility and Legal Change, an international, interdisciplinary conference, University of
Sussex, 10-12th July 2008.
Procréation médicalement assistée et anonymat : la (r)évolution du droit anglais". Invited
paper at an international workshop on Procréation médicalement assistée et anonymat,
International Academic Bioethics Network (Réseau universitaire international de bioéthique),
University of Rennes-I, France, 5th7th December 2007.
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Pluralisme familial et parentalité: le principe d'égalité et le juge anglais". Invited paper at
international conference on 'Réflexions sur le pluralisme familial' Université de Paris-X, France,
29th September 2007.
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Regulating 'different sorts' of parents at 'Parenting: an interdisciplinary workshop' at the
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge, 6th
July 2007.
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Replace or repair? Reform of the regulatory authority for assisted conception, Society of Legal
Scholars Annual Conference 2006, University of Keele, September 2006.
Du fait historique la réalité actuelle: l'évolution de "l'état civil" en droit anglais, invited
conference paper L'état civil entre statut et liberté, Université de Paris-X, Centre d'Etudes
Juridiques Européennes et Comparées, 2nd-3rd April 2004.
The creation of a right to know one's genetic origin: the law's reaction, paper presented in the
New Technologies and Health stream of the 21st Annual Law and Society Conference: Societies
and Laws: (Re)act ? Re(create)?Re(form)?, Justice Policy Research Centre, University of
Newcastle, NSW, Australia, December 2003.
Regulating pre-implantation genetic diagnosis - time to move from confusion to coherence,
SLSA Annual Conference, Health Law Stream, Nottingham Trent University, April 2003.
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Community of property a regime for England and Wales?, SLSA Annual Conference, Family Law
Stream, Nottingham Trent University, April 2003 (with E. Cooke).
Bioethics laws in Europe: Building a legal framework for human embryo research
Euroconference on Animal models of human diseases: from pathogenesis to human
intervention, Sesimbra, Portugal, March 2001.