Gillian Douglas Explained

Gillian Douglas,, FLSW is a British legal scholar who specialises in family law. She was dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London. She undertook the first empirical study into access to fertility treatment under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's Code of Practice.^[1]

Honours

In 2012, Douglas was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.^[2] In 2016, Douglas was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).^[3] In July 2017, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[4]

Selected publications

• An Introduction to Family Law (2001: Oxford University Press, 2nd edition 2004)
• Bromley's Family Law (9th ed. 1998, 10th ed, 2006, 11th ed, 2015, Oxford University Press), co-author (with Nigel Lowe)
• Law and Parenthood (1995: Butterworths Law in Context series), (with Chris Barton)
• Child Support: The Legislation (1st ed 1993, 2nd ed 1995, 3rd ed 1997: Sweet & Maxwell), (with Edward Jacobs)

Notes and References

1. Web site: King's News Centre | News Centre | King's College London. 22 June 2023 .
2. Web site: Wales . The Learned Society of . Gillian Douglas . 2023-08-29 . The Learned Society of Wales . en-US.
3. Web site: Eighty-four leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. Academy of Social Sciences. 5 August 2017. 19 October 2016. 6 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190606033408/https://www.acss.org.uk/news/eighty-four-leading-social-scientists-conferred-fellows-academy-social-sciences/. dead.
4. Web site: Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research. British Academy. 29 July 2017. 2 July 2017.