Margaret Rosetta "Margot" Brazier is a professor at the

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's School of Law. Margaret is married to

Rodney Brazier Rodney Brazier MVO, LLD, FRHistS (born 1946) is emeritus professor of constitutional law at the University of Manchester and a barrister and an emeritus bencher of Lincoln's Inn. His expertise on the British constitution has been provided to va ...

, a professor of constitutional law also at the

Academic work

Brazier researches legal issues in the field of medicine, including medical ethics. She is a barrister, ex-member of the

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(1998-2001), Editor of the Medical Law Review, and ex-president of the Society of Legal Scholars (formerly, Society of Public Teachers of Law) (1997-1999). Brazier was elected a

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of the

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in 2014, the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences. She has chaired a number of committees, including: *Chair of the

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1993–98. *Chair of Review of Surrogacy Arrangements 1996–98. *Chair of the Retained Organs Commission 2001–2004. *Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party The Ethics of Prolonging Life in Fetuses and the Newborn 2004–2006.

Recognition

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(1997). *

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(1993). *

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(2007). * Queen's Counsel (honoris causa) (2008). *

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(2014).

References

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