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Dispute Resolution 3.0 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clucas, R. (2024, September). Dispute Resolution 3.0. Paper presented at Family Dispute Resolution Symposium, University of Sunderland

Dispute resolution in family law is at a point of crisis. We have sensible and necessary substantive rules such as the Children Act 1989 in England and Wales, and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, to regulate the operation and dissolution of family l... Read More about Dispute Resolution 3.0.

Early Marriage: any need for action? (2023)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2023). Early Marriage: any need for action?. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 68(11),

Better information is needed on whether marriage of those aged under 18 is a cause of harm, before any moves to ban the practice in Scotland

Trans People and the Church of England: Disadvantage and microaggressions (2017)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2017). Trans People and the Church of England: Disadvantage and microaggressions. Modern Believing, 58(4), 321-342. https://doi.org/10.3828/mb.2017.22

In this article, I discuss the situation of trans people within the Church of England. I outline instances of legal and institutional discrimination in the following situations: the Equality Act 2010 in the context of employment, promotion and traini... Read More about Trans People and the Church of England: Disadvantage and microaggressions.

Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Conservative Christianity and Resistance to Sexual Justice (2017)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2017). Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Conservative Christianity and Resistance to Sexual Justice. Social Sciences, 6(2), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6020054

In this article, I situate the practice of sexual orientation conversion efforts (SOCE), sometimes known as conversion or reparative therapy, within historical, cultural, religious and political attitudes to non-heterosexuality. Using documentary ana... Read More about Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Conservative Christianity and Resistance to Sexual Justice.

Women Bishops: Equality, Rights and Disarray (2013)
Journal Article
Clucas, R., & Sharpe, K. (2013). Women Bishops: Equality, Rights and Disarray. Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 15(2), 158-174. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x13000185

In this article we discuss the recent history of the failed draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure, situating this within the broader context of the ordination of women and debates around the Equality Act exceptions... Read More about Women Bishops: Equality, Rights and Disarray.

Religion, Sexual Orientation and the Equality Act 2010: Gay Bishops in the Church of England Negotiating Rights Against Discrimination (2012)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2012). Religion, Sexual Orientation and the Equality Act 2010: Gay Bishops in the Church of England Negotiating Rights Against Discrimination. Sociology, 46(5), 936-950. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038512451533

A sophisticated understanding of human rights must look at ways in which conflicts between competing rights are negotiated. This article undertakes a case study of the interrelationship of rights related to religion and sexuality in societies, in the... Read More about Religion, Sexual Orientation and the Equality Act 2010: Gay Bishops in the Church of England Negotiating Rights Against Discrimination.

The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism* (2006)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2006). The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism*. Ratio Juris, 19(2), 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2006.00326.x

When first I began this paper, I envisaged it as a fairly straightforward exercise in comparison between the Sheffield School’s and Discourse Theory’s varieties of legal idealism or anti-positivism (these terms being synonymous for the types of theo... Read More about The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism*.

COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge (2002)
Journal Article
Clucas, R., & O'Donnell, K. (2002). COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 2002(5),

Does medical possibility entail legal and ethical necessity? Continuing advances in medicine prompt this question, which has been brought sharply into focus in the last few years by the issue of the separation of conjoined twins. Is separation morall... Read More about COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge.