Baroness Deech of Cumnor DBE is currently hosting a series of Family and the Law lectures, hosted by the Museum of London, some of which may be of interest to Subtext Magazine readers.

In England, interpersonal rights and duties of support have traditionally only attached themselves to couples united by law, sex and children. Why should there not be family obligations to support siblings and parents? When a daughter has taken care of her elderly parents throughout her life, does she have rights when they die?   When two sisters have lived together for decades, why are they treated less generously than civil partners when one of them dies?

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From cloning and embryo research, to multiple births and the taking of sperm from dead husbands – the field of reproductive technologies is always going to be notoriously difficult. When controversial scientific advances and inflexible moral ideals meet, we are going to be confronted by some very hard questions to answer. Related Seminar