This book brings together leading figures in the field to discuss the most significant cases in medical law. The cases are explored in their social and historical context to understand better what has influenced the development of the law.

Introduction Jonathan Herring and Jesse Wall 1. Doodeward v Spence (1908) Loane Skene 2. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957]: Medical Law ’ s Accordion José Miola 3. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1988]: ‘People Like Us Don’t Have Babies’: Learning Disability, Prospective Parenthood and Legal Transformations Kirsty Keywood 4. Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1981]: ‘The Child Must Live’: Disability, Parents and the Law Jonathan Herring 5. Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] Charles Foster 6. R v Cambridge Health Authority, ex parte B (A Minor) [1995]: A Tale of Two Judgments Jesse Wall 7. R v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, ex parte L [1999]: Bournewood Fifteen Years On Genevra Richardson 8. Re MB (An Adult: Medical Treatment) [1997] and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998]: The Dilemma of the ‘ Court-Ordered ’ Caesarean Marie Fox and Kirsty Moreton 9. R v Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd [1999] Mark Taylor 10. McFarlane v Tayside Health Board [2000] and Cattanach v Melchior [2003] Laura Hoyano 11. Chester v Afshar [2004] Sarah Green 12. R (on the Application of Burke) v General Medical Council [2004]; Burke v United Kingdom [2006]: Contemporaneous and Advance Requests: The Fight for Rights at the End of Life Shaun D Pattinson 13. The Right to Die and the Right to Help: R (on the Application of Purdy) v Directorof Public Prosecutions [2009] and Its Legacy Kate Greasley 14. Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009] Loane Skene 15. A, B and C v Ireland [2010] Imogen Goold

Original analysis by eminent scholars that examine the most important legal cases to date. The Landmark Cases series is an occasional series of volumes which seek to highlight the historical antecedents of what are widely considered to be the leading cases in the common law. These edited volumes feature original archival research by eminent scholars in the field, and are intended to provide a context, or contexts, in which to better understand how and why certain cases came to be regarded as the 'Landmark' cases in any given field. Praise for the series “An interesting read and a valuable addition to the reference literature for [those] who wish to view from a fresh angle the classic textbook cases that they thought they knew very well.” Review of Landmark Cases in Criminal Law in New Journal of European Criminal Law “Beautifully written, nicely produced and just full of intrinsically fascinating material.” Review of Landmark Cases in Family Law in The Law and Politics Book Review “An intriguing pleasure to read.” Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract in Journal of Legal History “A fine example of the kind of historical investigation that should be the foundation of all common law scholarship.” Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution in King's Law Journal