Dr Kate Greasley
Tutorial Fellow in Law
Associate Professor in Law
Dr Greasley read Law at New College, graduating with a first-class degree, before studying for the BCL and later DPhil. Her thesis focussed on the notion of personhood in relation to abortion laws, a topic on which she continues to specialise. During her time as a research student she held a stipendiary lectureship at Hertford College, and later took up a Junior Research Fellowship at University College. She returned to Hertford in Michaelmas 2018 from University College, London, where she has been a lecturer in the Law Faculty.
Undergraduate teaching
Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Medical Law & Ethics.
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Research interests
Philosophy of law, criminal law theory, applied ethics, feminist legal theory.
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Publications
Books
- Abortion Rights: For and Against (co-authored with Christopher Kaczor), (2017, Cambridge University Press)
- Arguments About Abortion: Personhood, Morality, and Law, (2017, Oxford University Press)
- Persons, Parts and Property: How Should We Regulate Tissue in the 21st Century?, edited by I. Goold, K. Greasley, J. Herring, and L. Skene, (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014)
Articles
- ‘The Morality of Lying and the Murderer at the Door’, Law and Philosophy (2019) 38: 439-452
- ‘Prenatal Personhood and Life’s Intrinsic Value: Reappraising Dworkin on Abortion’, (2016), Legal Theory 22: 124-152
- ‘Is Sex-Selective Abortion against the Law?’, (2016) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 36(3), 535-564
- ‘The Pearl of the Pro-Life Movement? Reflections on the Kermit Gosnell Controversy’, Journal of Medical Ethics, 40 (6) 419-423 (2014)
- ‘A Legal Market in Organs: The Problem of Exploitation’, Journal of Medical Ethics (2014) 40 (1) 51-6
- ‘Abortion and Regret’, Journal of Medical Ethics (2012) 38 705-711
- ‘R (Purdy) v DPP and the Case for Wilful Blindness’, (2010) (2) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 301-326
Book chapters
- ‘Abortion, Feminism, and ‘Traditional’ Moral Philosophy’, in J. Herring et al eds., Philosophical Foundations of Medical Law (OUP, 2019)
- ‘The Right to Die and the Right to Help: R v Purdy and its Legacy’, in J. Herring and J Wall eds Landmark Cases in Medical Law (Hart Publishing, 2015)
- ‘The Human Body as Property: Objectification and Commodification’, in I. Goold et al eds, Persons, Parts and Property (Hart Publishing, 2014)
Reviews
- Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective, edited by Rebecca Cook, Joanna Erdman and Bernard Dickens (2016) Feminist Legal Studies, 97–102
Case notes
- ‘Taking Abortion Rights Seriously: Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt’ (2016) Modern Law Review.
- ‘Medical Abortion and the ‘Golden Rule’ of Statutory Interpretation’, (2011) 19(2) Medical Law Review, 314-325
- ‘A Negligent Blow to Children at Risk: MAK and RK v the United Kingdom’, (2010) 73(6) Modern Law Review 1026-1047