Shaun Pattinson

Professor
Shaun D. Pattinson
FRSA FRSB
Born
Shaun David Pattinson
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Hull, University of Sheffield
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-discipline
Medical law
Medical ethics
Notable works
Medical Law and Ethics
Websitehttps://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-d-pattinson

Shaun D. Pattinson is a British legal scholar specializing in medical law and medical ethics. He currently serves as a Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at Durham Law School, Durham University. In 2011, he founded the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (Durham CELLS) at Durham University.

Education and career

Pattinson earned his undergraduate law degree from the University of Hull. He furthered his studies at the University of Sheffield, obtaining a master's degree and a Ph.D.

He received higher doctorates by the University of Sheffield (LLD) and Durham University. (DLitt).

Pattinson took up a Lectureship in Law at the University of Sheffield in 2000 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005. He was appointed as a Reader in Law at Durham University in 2006 and was promoted to Professor of Medical Law and Ethics in 2013.

Professional roles and honours

Pattinson has held several notable positions:

His professional recognitions include being a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE (SFHEA), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).

Research and publications

Pattinson's research interests focus on medical law and medical ethics, including the regulation of emerging technologies. He has authored several books, including:

His book Medical Law and Ethics received the 2010 Minty Medico-Legal Society Prize for best medico-legal book.

He has also published with Deryck Beyleveld.

Recent work

From 2014 to 2017, Pattinson led a project entitled ‘Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research Through the Medium of Law’, funded by the Wellcome Trust. This involved using law to engage post-16 students in the debate over human cloning, stem cell research and mitochondrial replacement technology. A finding was that UK school students had been misinformed as to how Dolly (sheep) had been cloned.

In January 2023, Pattinson published Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine, presenting a legal theory termed 'contextual legal idealism'. This work explores the regulation of emerging biotechnologies, such as heritable genome editing and cryonic reanimation, and was supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.

References

  1. ↑ University, Durham. "Professor Shaun Pattinson - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ↑ University, Durham. "Durham CELLS - About Us". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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  5. ↑ Tongji University (11 October 2024). "School cooperation with Durham University". Tongji University. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nominated governors". South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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  8. ↑ Nuffield Council on Bioethics (9 December 2020). Workshop - The role of bioethics in COVID-19 policy-making and pandemic preparedness. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Harmon, Shawn H.E.; Case, Paula (1 December 2011). "Building on success". Medical Law International. 11 (4): 259–261. doi:10.1177/0968533211419125. ISSN 0968-5332.
  10. ↑ "Shaun D. Pattinson - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Influencing Traits Before Birth". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Revisiting Landmark Cases in Medical Law". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  13. ↑ bloomsbury.com. "Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  14. ↑ Alghrani, Amel (31 December 2024). ""Law at the frontiers of biomedicine": by Shaun Pattinson, Oxford, Hart, 2023, GBP 59.50 (hardback), ISBN: 9781509941070". New Genetics and Society. 43 (1). doi:10.1080/14636778.2024.2368893. ISSN 1463-6778.
  15. ↑ "Medical Law and Ethics, 6th Edition | Thomson Reuters". www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ↑ Amazon (31 August 2020). Description of 'Medical Law and Ethics'. ASIN 0414074688.
  17. ↑ Beyleveld, Deryck; Pattinson, Shaun (4 October 2023). "The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today". In M. Dahlin, J. Garland, A.-S. Lind, A. Singer, & S. Slokenberga (Eds.), Festskrift till Elisabeth Rynning: Integritet och rättssäkerhet inom och bortom den medicinska rätten (41–55). Iustus.
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  19. ↑ DurhamUniversity (30 September 2015). Human Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation: Mock Court Case. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ DurhamUniversity (30 September 2015). Human Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation: Mock Parliamentary Debate. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ DurhamUniversity (27 February 2015). Understanding stem cell research: Students' First Debate on the (fictional) Stem Cell Bill. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ Pattinson, Shaun D; Kind, Vanessa (2018). "No Uncertain Terms". The Biologist. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  23. ↑ Pattinson, Shaun D; Kind, Vanessa (2017). "Using a Moot to Develop Students' Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation, 17(3) 111". Medical Law International. 17 (3): 111–133. doi:10.1177/0968533217726350. PMC 5598875. PMID 28943724.
  24. ↑ Durham University (12 December 2022). "Professor Shaun Pattinson launches new book reflecting on the law applying to biomedicine'". Durham University News. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  25. ↑ Pattinson, Shaun D. (2023). Law at the frontiers of biomedicine: creating, enhancing and extending human life. Oxford: Hart. ISBN 978-1-5099-4107-0.
  26. ↑ Leverhulme Trust (2019). "Major Research Fellowships 2019". Leverhulme Trust Grant Listings. Retrieved 19 February 2025.