Margaret Brazier

Margaret Rosetta "Margot" Brazier OBE KC (Hon) FRSA FBA FMedSci is a professor at the University of Manchester's School of Law.[1]

Margaret is married to Rodney Brazier, a professor of constitutional law also at the University of Manchester.

Academic work

Brazier researches legal issues in the field of medicine, including medical ethics.[1] She is a barrister, ex-member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (1998-2001),[2] Editor of the Medical Law Review,[3] and ex-president of the Society of Legal Scholars (formerly, Society of Public Teachers of Law) (1997-1999).[4] Brazier was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5]

She has chaired a number of committees, including:

• Chair of the Animal Procedures Committee 1993–98.[6]
• Chair of Review of Surrogacy Arrangements 1996–98.[7][8]
• Chair of the Retained Organs Commission 2001–2004.[9]
• Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party The Ethics of Prolonging Life in Fetuses and the Newborn 2004–2006.[10]

Recognition

• Order of the British Empire (1997).
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1993).
• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007).[11]
• Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) (2008).[12]
• Fellow of the British Academy (2014).[5]

References

1. "Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester". manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
3. "Medical Law Review, Editorial Board". Oxford Journals. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
4. legalscholars. "Previous Officers of The Society of Legal Scholars". Legalscholars.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
5. "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
7. "Health Review proposes regulation for surrogacy". BBC News. 16 October 1998. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
8. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Surrogacy: Review for health ministers of current arrangements for payments and regulation - Report of the review team : Department of Health - Publications". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
9. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] 6. The Retained Organs Commission : Department of Health - About us". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
10. "Nuffield Council on Bioethics seeks views on prolonging life in fetuses and the newborn | Nuffield Council on Bioethics". Nuffieldbioethics.org. 10 March 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
11. "Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences". Acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
12. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Honorary Queen's Counsel 2008 - Ministry of Justice". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2014.