Margaret Brazier Explained

Margaret Rosetta "Margot" Brazier 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.

She has chaired a number of committees, including:

• Chair of the Animal Procedures Committee 1993–98.^[5]
• Chair of Review of Surrogacy Arrangements 1996–98.^{[6] [7]}
• Chair of the Retained Organs Commission 2001–2004.^[8]
• Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party The Ethics of Prolonging Life in Fetuses and the Newborn 2004–2006.^[9]

Recognition

• Order of the British Empire (1997).
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1993).
• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007).^[10]
• Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) (2008).^[11]
• Fellow of the British Academy (2014).^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester . manchester.ac.uk . 2017-04-01.
2. Web site: Staff profile, School of Law, The University of Manchester . manchester.ac.uk . 2014-07-21.
3. Web site: Medical Law Review, Editorial Board . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728035809/http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/medlaw/editorial_board.html . dead . 2014-07-28 . Oxford Journals . 2014-07-21.
4. Web site: legalscholars . Previous Officers of The Society of Legal Scholars . Legalscholars.ac.uk . 2014-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812084531/http://www.legalscholars.ac.uk/about/previous-officers/index.cfm . 2014-08-12 .
5. Web site: Archived copy . www.gov.uk . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140726194839/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/272030/2730.pdf . 26 July 2014 . dead.
6. News: Health Review proposes regulation for surrogacy . BBC News . 1998-10-16 . 2014-07-21.
7. Web site: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Surrogacy: Review for health ministers of current arrangements for payments and regulation - Report of the review team : Department of Health - Publications |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2014-07-21]. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100408192620/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsLegislation/DH_4009697 . dead . 2010-04-08 .
8. Web site: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] 6. The Retained Organs Commission : Department of Health - About us |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2014-07-21]. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090217023532/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/MinistersandDepartmentLeaders/ChiefMedicalOfficer/ProgressOnPolicy/ProgressBrowsableDocument/DH_5016004 . dead . 2009-02-17 .
9. Web site: Nuffield Council on Bioethics seeks views on prolonging life in fetuses and the newborn | Nuffield Council on Bioethics . Nuffieldbioethics.org . 2005-03-10 . 2014-07-21.
10. Web site: Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences . Acmedsci.ac.uk . 2014-07-21.
11. Web site: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Honorary Queen's Counsel 2008 - Ministry of Justice |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2014-07-21]. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101013201917/http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease100308.htm . dead . 2010-10-13 .
12. Web site: British Academy announces 42 new fellows . Times Higher Education . 18 July 2014 . 18 July 2014.